MON PERE LE COMMANDANT

12 000 copies sold of all French editions
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He was, along with de Gaulle, one of the most famous Frenchmen in the world. Until his death in May 1997, the writer and filmmaker denouncing the carelessness of man, predicting ecological catastrophes to come, fought for innumerable causes. His "Declaration of the Rights of Future Generations" was heralded by more than nine million citizens worldwide. We may have thought we knew everything about Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Today, his son reveals the man behind the legend: the seemingly faultless Cousteau, rarely accepting being contested, capable of greatness and sometimes of no-less great selfishness. Jean-Michel was one of the rare ones who dared oppose him: he discloses the multiple facets of a man who marked the century. Rights sold in Brazil.