Louis Le Pensec, d'origine très modeste, a grimpé tous les échelons de la vie politique, député, ministre, sénateur. Son destin politique est ici évoqué en parallèle d'une évolution majeure : la bascule à gauche de la Bretagne, qu'il a largement incarnée et accompagnée.

Atypical politician, he never lost any election. Born in a very poor family, Louis Le Pensec became mayor, deputy, minister under 5 governments. This socialist started his career when Brittany was massively voting right, during the 70’s. This political biopic over 40 years is shown as a metaphor of this swing from right to left of a whole region, to the election of François Hollande. With a great sense of humor, Louis Le Pensec tells his successes, fighting for peace in Nouvelle Calédonie. But also his regrets: his lost battles for the breton langage or ecology…