Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Olivier Gourmet | ... | Bertrand Saint-Jean | |
Michel Blanc | ... | Gilles | |
Zabou Breitman | ... | Pauline | |
Laurent Stocker | ... | Yan (as Laurent Stocker de la Comédie Française) | |
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Sylvain Deblé | ... | Martin Kuypers |
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Didier Bezace | ... | Dominique Woessner |
Jacques Boudet | ... | Le sénateur Juillet | |
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François Chattot | ... | Le ministre de la Santé, Falconetti |
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Gaëtan Vassart | ... | Loïk |
Arly Jover | ... | Séverine Saint jean | |
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Éric Naggar | ... | Le Premier ministre |
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Anne Azoulay | ... | Josepha |
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Abdelhafid Metalsi | ... | Louis do |
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Christian Vautrin | ... | Nemrod |
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François Vincentelli | ... | Le ministre du Budget, Peralta |
Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean is awoken in the middle of the night by his head of staff. A bus has gone off the road into a gully. He has no choice but to go to the scene of the accident. Thus begins the odyssey of a politician in a world that is increasingly more complex and hostile. Speed, power struggles, chaos, economic crisis... Everything follows in quick succession and clashes. Emergencies follow on each other's heels. What sacrifices are men prepared to make? Just how long will they hold up in a state that devours those that work for it? Written by Polly_Kat
I saw this last year as part of a French Film Fest in Boston; it floored me then, and when I saw it again this year, it floored me again. Thankfully 2 other reviewers on its IMDb page-Philippe Guenot and hatugai - say it as well or better than I ever could.
I'm sure I missed a lot of messages that politically aware French people would not miss, but , in spite of that, there was still an abundance of rich material to absorb . That Olivier Gourmet is really something. I had admired his work in The Son and The Promise , but The Minister will be calling card for Gourmet in the same way Raging Bull was a calling card for DeNiro.I want to see other films by Gourmet and this screenwriter/director.