Directed by:
Bertrand TavernierCinematography:
Jérôme AlmérasComposer:
Philippe SardeCast:
Thierry Lhermitte, Niels Arestrup, Didier Bezace, Jane Birkin, Joséphine de La Baume, Anaïs Demoustier, Thierry Frémont, Julie Gayet, Raphaël Personnaz (more)Plots(1)
Vorms is a force to be reckoned with, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, lucidity and efficacy. He takes on American neo-cons, corrupt Russians and money grabbing Chinese. Perhaps the world doesn't deserve France's magnanimousness, but his art would be wasted if just restricted to home turf. Enter the young Arthur Vlaminck, graduate of the elite National School of Administration, who is hired as head of "language" at the foreign ministry. In other words, he is to write the minister's speeches. But he also has to learn to deal with the sensibilities of the boss and his entourage, and find his way between the private secretary and the special advisors who stalk the corridors of the Quai d'Orsay, the ministry's home. where stress, ambition and dirty dealing are the daily currency. But just as he thinks he can influence the fate of the world, everything seems threatened by the inertia of the technocrats. (Curious Films)
(more)Cast
Thierry Lhermitte
France
Best movies:
My New Partner (1984)
The Dinner Game (1998)
Nos femmes (2015)
Niels Arestrup
France
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
La Rumba (1987)
Sarah's Key (2010)
Didier Bezace
France
Best movies:
Love Is in the Air (2005)
The Little Thief (1988)
It All Starts Today (1999)
Jane Birkin
UK
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
If You Die, I'll Kill You (2011)
La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
Joséphine de La Baume
France
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
One Day (2011)
Anaïs Demoustier
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte-Cristo (2024)
The Girl Without Hands (2016)
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Thierry Frémont
France
Best movies:
L'Affaire Dreyfus (1994) (series)
Allied (2016)
The Round Up (2010)
Julie Gayet
France
Best movies:
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
L'Affaire Annette Zelman (2022) (TV movie)
Cafard (2015) - narrator
Raphaël Personnaz
Best movies:
The Vortex of Life (2022)
White Fang (2018)
The First Time I Turned Twenty (2004)
Loïc Risser
Best movies:
Sarah's Key (2010)
In Her Name (2016)
Summertime (2015)
Sonia Rolland
Rwanda
Best movies:
Midnight in Paris (2011)
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Madame (2017)
Jean-Marc Roulot
France
Best movies:
The Taste of Things (2023)
Story of Women (1988)
Le Tartuffe (1984)
Jean-Paul Farré
France
Best movies:
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Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar (1999)
Bruno Raffaelli
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte-Cristo (2024)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
I've Loved You So Long (2008)
Christina Crevillén
Best movies:
My Father Saved My Life (2001)
It All Starts Today (1999)
Maigret (1991) (series)
Alix Poisson
Best movies:
Maximilian & Marie De Bourgogne (2017) (series)
Mr. Morgan's Last Love (2013)
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Michel B. Dupérial
Best movies:
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Le Cousin (1997)
Attila Marcel (2013)
Marie Bunel
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Le Silence de la mer (2004) (TV movie)
The Chorus (2004)
Renaud Calvet
Best movies:
The Statement (2003)
The French Minister (2013)
Emile Feltesse
Best movies:
The French Minister (2013)