May 1968. France is stunned by student protests that resemble a revolution. President Charles de Gaulle Pierre Vernier ) and its government is unable to cope with the situation. A man of another generation, he and his politics have no influence on the students and the riots they cause. This is further complicated by the biggest strike. Adieu De Gaulle adieu is the true story of the First President of the Fifth Republic, unfolding during one of the most difficult periods of his life.