The Minister

OT: L'Exercice de l'État

Pierre Schoeller // France, 2011
Fiction Feature // FF2011

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Story

The Minister for Transport, Bertrand Saint-Jean, is woken in the middle of the night by his personal private secretary. A bus has crashed into a ravine. He goes there, he has no choice. Thus begins the odyssey of a State official through an increasingly complex and hostile world. Speed, power struggles, chaos, economic crisis… In the frantic chain of events, one emergency replaces another. What sacrifices are men ready to accept? How long will they last in a state that devours those who serve it?

Director

Pierre Schoeller, (*1961) works as a director and screenwriter His film Versailles (FILMFEST HAMBURG 008) was awarded the Etoile d'Or for Best Debut by the French film critics.

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Info

Original title: L'Exercice de l'État

Film type: Fiction Feature

Original language: French

Section: Voilà!//FF2011

Production country: France

Produced: 2011

Runtime: 112 min

Language and subtitles: OV

Director: Pierre Schoeller

Screenplay: Pierre Schoeller

Cast: Olivier Gourmet, Michel Blanc, Zabou Breitman, Laurent Stocker, Sylvain Deblé

Producer: Denis Freyd, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

DoP: Julien Hirsch

Editor: Laurence Briaud

Music: Philippe Schoeller

Production design: Jean Marc Tran Tan Ba

Production Company: Archipel 35; Les Films du Fleuve; France 3 Cinéma; RTBF (Belgium TV); Belgacom

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