Directed by:
Niels ArestrupScreenplay:
Niels ArestrupCinematography:
Romain WindingCast:
Yvan Attal, Niels Arestrup, Sophie Broustal, Maurice Bénichou, Cyril Couton, Guillaume Gallienne, Alain Doutey, Laurent Grévill, Clotilde de Bayser (more)Plots(1)
When his party's presidential candidate is struck down with an advanced case of cancer just prior to the presidential elections, Michel Dedieu is chosen to replace him. Only weeks before the deciding election, he and his closest advisors have precious little time to prepare for the upcoming TV debate with his opponent. Disdained by the media and held in low esteem by the public, he has to improve his image and develop a convincing argument. He gathers his team around him on his private estate to organize for the telling confrontation. The candidate, by nature fragile and willing to bend to every demand his staff makes upon him, is driven to the edge of exhaustion before he realizes that he's a pawn in a ghastly manipulation, from which he can escape only if he marches to his own drumbeat. (Pyramide Distribution)
(more)Cast
Yvan Attal
Israel
Best movies:
Munich (2005)
The Interpreter (2005)
The Actress' Ball (2009)
Niels Arestrup
France
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
La Rumba (1987)
I, You, He, She (1974)
Sophie Broustal
Best movies:
Rastignac ou les ambitieux (2001) (series)
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A Crime (1993)
Maurice Bénichou
Algeria
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Animal (1977)
Amélie (2001)
If You Die, I'll Kill You (2011)
Cyril Couton
France
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Attila Marcel (2013)
Guillaume Gallienne
France
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Alain Doutey
France
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Laurent Grévill
France
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Camille Claudel (1988)
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Clotilde de Bayser
France
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Thierry Hancisse
Belgium
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Luc Thuillier
France
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Marie-Gaëlle Cals
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Saul Jephcott
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Hawks (1988)
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Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)
Stefania Rocca
Italy
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Sharon Mann
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Catherine Epars
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Bruno Esposito
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Isabelle Le Nouvel
France
Best movies:
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Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
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Marc Rioufol
France
Best movies:
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Fabio Sartor
Italy
Best movies:
Bakhita (2009) (TV movie)
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