The Minister
OT: L'Exercice de l'État
Pierre Schoeller | France, 2011
Fiction Feature | FF2011
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.Trailer
Info
L'Exercice de l'État
Fiction Feature
French
Voilà! | FF2011
France
2011
112 min
OV
Pierre Schoeller
Pierre Schoeller
Olivier Gourmet, Michel Blanc, Zabou Breitman, Laurent Stocker, Sylvain Deblé
Denis Freyd, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Julien Hirsch
Laurence Briaud
Philippe Schoeller
Jean Marc Tran Tan Ba
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