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)
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I must warn you that watching this movie once is not enough. It’s the same as with the Yes, Minister series. It’s not easy to listen to all these politics talks and you must fortify yourself mentally for it, otherwise all those lines full of catchphrases will fly right over your head and you’ll feel so confused in result that you will give this movie as bad ratings as the users StarsFan or xxmartinxx did on this site. I was ready for some political satire but I still wasn’t prepared for what I got. I guess I didn’t choose the right moment to play this, which this movie would have deserved. Thierry Lhermitte was relishing his role of a politician, I have nothing to complain about here. What was worse was that even though sometimes I was laughing, at other times I was just confused. But I think that if I watch it once more I will understand more. So I’m rating this with three stars after first watching.
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