1958: Those Who Said No (2018): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2018, 1958: Those Who Said No is a tv movie, history and documentary film directed by Philippe Saada, running about 55 minutes.

What it’s about. On October 4, 2018, France celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Fifth Republic. It is a republic born in the throes of the Algerian War and one which—from the day it was founded by General de Gaulle until the presidency of a very Jupiterian Emmanuel Macron—has been assailed as a “Republican monarchy” by partisans of a more assertive parliamentarian state. By revisiting the struggle of those who dared oppose the new regime — only to suffer a crushing defeat on September 28, 1958, when they were barely able to garner 20% of the vote against the constitutional text — this film shines a powerful new light on the origins of the Fifth Republic and its consequences for the next 60 years. It is a constitutional debate that planted the seeds for a complete upheaval of the French political landscape, on the left in particular, and set the country in motion toward what would be called the Union of the Left.

Who’s in it. 1958: Those Who Said No stars Philippe Saada as Narrator (voice), Pierre Pflimlin as Self (archive footage), Raoul Salan as Self (archive footage) and Jacques Massu as Self (archive footage), among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.0/10, 1958: Those Who Said No sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch 1958: Those Who Said No page.

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