Watch François Mitterrand, architect of mysteries

In 14 years of French presidency, François Mitterrand wanted to give birth to 11 major works, among them the Opéra Bastille and the Louvre Pyramid. His policy of large public works was innovative and unexpected. Did the former President take himself for Louis XIV? Was there a mystical dimension in the realization of these pharaonic monuments? Or did he just want to leave a trace?