FRANCOIS MITTERRAND ARCHITECT OF MYSTERIES

An innovative and unexpected policy of large public works

Synopsis

In 14 years of the French presidency, François Mitterrand commissioned 11 major works like the Grande Arche de la Défense, the Opéra Bastille, and the Louvre Pyramid.

Initially, nothing was planned in his campaign promises. His policy of large public works was innovative and unexpected.

Did the former President take himself for Louis XIV? Was there a mystical dimension in the making of these pharaonic monuments? Was this believer in spiritual forces anxious to leave a trace?