Lafayette, héros des deux mondes
Film in progress
Director : Catherine Ulmer
Duration : 3x52 min
Year of production : in progress
Broadcaster : Bruno Fuligni
On July 4, 2026, the United States of America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of its independence. Yet a Frenchman played a central role in that war: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, a larger-than-life hero and French statesman. A truly singular figure, nicknamed by his contemporaries 'the Hero of Two Worlds', to be discovered in a 3x52-minute docufiction series.
"Lafayette's life will be narrated by his son, at once admiring and critical. In the first person, the hero's only son recounts and reflects on his father's exploits, but also on the havoc they wrought on family life, long separations, financial ruin, the execution of part of the family during the Revolution… Born on December 29, 1779 in Paris, this son was named "Georges Washington" in honor of his godfather. Present at age 11 at the Fête de la Fédération, he later sat alongside his father in the Chamber of Representatives and then the Chamber of Deputies. During the turbulent years of 1792 to 1799, he lived with his godfather, who told him firsthand about the American War of Independence. After his father's death, he remained a deputy. When the crowd stormed the National Assembly in 1848, the British Ambassador to France, witnessing the scene, recorded a remark he considered emblematic of the revolutionaries of the time: "One of them, having read the name Georges de La Fayette on a representative's seat, said: 'So you, Monsieur, are the son of General Lafayette?' And upon the representative's affirmative reply: 'Ah, Monsieur, what a pity your poor father is dead! How happy he would be if he were here!'"
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