After September 11, 2001, Saddam Hussein's Iraq became America's main target. Bush wants a war at all costs, Chirac is opposed to it.
For one year, between 2002 and 2003, France and America will face each other.
Ten years later, based on unpublished documents and the testimony of intelligence agents (CIA/DGSE), French and American soldiers and politicians, this documentary delves behind the scenes of the Élysée, the Maison Blanche, from the Quai d'Orsay, the intelligence services and recounts a year made up of threats, low blows, false evidence, manipulation of the UN by the United States and the price paid by France for having opposed to American omnipotence.
Director: Elizabeth Drevillon

03:55 The Scheme
34:51 The Standoff
47:07 Divorce