The Minister (2011)
L'exercice de l'État
115 min
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.
- Release date
- August 30, 2012
- Country of origin
- Belgium, France
- Box office
- $65,301
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Trailer
Cast
- Olivier Gourmet as Bertrand Saint-Jean
- Michel Blanc as Gilles
- Zabou Breitman as Pauline
- Laurent Stocker as Yan
- Sylvain Deblé as Martin Kuypers
- Didier Bezace as Dominique Woessner
- Jacques Boudet as Le sénateur Juillet
- François Chattot as Le ministre de la Santé, Falconetti
- Gaëtan Vassart as Loïk
- Arly Jover as Séverine Saint jean
- Éric Naggar as Prime Minister
- Anne Azoulay as Josepha, Kuypers' companion
- Abdelhafid Metalsi as Louis-Do
- François Vincentelli as Peralta, Minister of the budget
- Stéphan Wojtowicz as President of the Republic
- Jade Phan-Gia as Kenza
- Brice Fournier as Deputy Prade
- Anne Paris as Yan's girlfriend
- Réginald Huguenin as Prefect of the Ardennes
- Gilles Bellomi as Ardennes fire commander
Crew
- Pierre Schoeller · Director
- Pierre Schoeller · Writer
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne · Producer
- Luc Dardenne · Producer
- Denis Freyd · Producer
- Philippe Schoeller · Composer
- Julien Hirsch · Cinematographer
- Laurence Briaud · Editor
- Aurélie Guichard · Casting director
- Jean-Marc Tran Tan Ba · Production designer