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July 1936. Léon Blum's Popular Front faces up to the harsh strikes spreading across France and paralyzing the economy. Alone and without using force, one man succeeds in getting the nation back to work. That man is Roger Salengro, Blum's minister of the interior and chief artisan of the Matignon Agreements. The man behind paid vacations, the 40-hour work week and minimum wages for workers. The employers and the Right cannot forgive Salengro for these entitlements. They launch a slur campaign of extreme violence in the press, accusing him of the worst crime one could commit in those days: desertion during the First World War. It is a patent lie, but Salengro's name would long remain tarnished. To save the Popular Front government, Salengro resigns. But overwhelmed by the injustice, he takes his own life the next day. This suicide would make him one of the martyrs of the contemporary social cause.

France - 2008 - 1 h 48 mn - HD • 16/9 - Colour

Director Yves Boisset Script Alain Scoff, Yves Boisset, Jacqueline Cauët Camera Yves Dahan Sound Philippe Fabbri Sets Catherine Bluwal Editing Yves Deschamps Music Angélique Nachon, Jean-Claude Nachon Cast Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Daniel Mesguich, Julie-Marie Parmentier, Maxime Leroux

Production Alchimic Productions, 4/6 Villa Thoréton, 75015 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4060 2670 Fax : +33 (0)1 4060 2672 E-mail : alchimic@alchimicproductions.com Co-Production Les Productions Franco-American, Centre Régional de Ressources Audiovisuelles Nord-Pas de Calais with the  participation of France 2

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