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Director
  
Bertrand Tavernier

Duration
  

Language
  
French

6.4/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy

Country
  
France

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Release date
  
9 September 2013 (2013-09-09) (TIFF) 6 November 2013 (2013-11-06) (France)

Writer
  
Christophe Blain, Abel Lanzac, Bertrand Tavernier

Music director
  
Philippe Sarde, Fanny Weinzaeplfen

Screenplay
  
Bertrand Tavernier, Christophe Blain, Abel Lanzac

Cast
  
Thierry Lhermitte
(Alexandre Taillard de Vorms),
Raphaël Personnaz
(Arthur Vlaminck),
Niels Arestrup
(Claude Maupas),
Bruno Raffaelli
(Stéphane Cahut),
Julie Gayet
(Valérie Dumontheil),
Anaïs Demoustier
(Marina)

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A new speechwriter must navigate the rough waters of internal politics while trying to compose an important address for his boss, the minister of foreign affairs.

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The French Minister (French: ) is a 2013 French comedy film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. In January 2014, the film received three nominations at the 39th Cesar Awards, with Niels Arestrup winning the award for Best Supporting Actor.

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Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, lucidity, and efficacy. Enter Arthur Vlaminck. Hired to write the minister's speeches, Arthur must contend with the sensibilities of his boss and the dirty dealings within the Quai d'Orsay, the ministry's home.

Plot

The French Minister movie scenes

After French yuppie Arthur Vlaminck has graduated at the National School of Administration he joins the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. Vlamincks ambitious new colleagues try to bully him around while his superior Claude Maupas acts on the other hand rather phlegmatic. Somewhat surprisingly Vlamincks career gains momentum.

Cast

  • Thierry Lhermitte as Alexandre Taillard de Worms, French minister of Foreign Affairs.
  • Raphael Personnaz as Arthur Vlaminck, a young speechwriter
  • Niels Arestrup as Claude Maupas, the phlegmatic public servant who actually runs the ministry.
  • Julie Gayet as Valerie Dumontheil
  • Josephine de La Baume as Isabelle
  • Jane Birkin as Molly Hutchinson, Nobel Prize for Literature.
  • Anais Demoustier as Marina
  • Alix Poisson as Odile
  • Sonia Rolland as Nathalie
  • Marie Bunel as Martine
  • Thomas Chabrol as Sylvain Marquet

    • Locations

    The French Minister movie scenes

    The film includes scenes shot in Berlin, near the Reichstag, Dakar, as a fictional African country, and the United Nations Building in New York.

    Quoted material

  • The film sections are preceded by quotations from the Fragments of the Greek philosopher Heraclitus.
  • The final speech at the UN is taken from de Villepins address on Iraq at the United Nations Security Council on 14 February 2003.

    • References

    The French Minister Wikipedia
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