Watch 1958: Those Who Said No (2018) Online

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. Read More

Watch 1958: Those Who Said No online. Featuring Philippe Saada and Pierre Pflimlin, 1958: Those Who Said No is classified as Documentary and TV Movie genre movie with an average rating across the web of 8. It is available for streaming online in the USA The movie was filmed in France and was released on 2018. 1958: Those Who Said No was directed by Philippe Saada,Philippe Fontenoy. Read Less