L'Exercice de l'État

Anne Azoulay as Josepha, Kuypers' companion Brice Fournier as Deputy Prade Philippe Naman as Yan's friend Véronique Noël as Unemployed Véronique Wellecan as Desperate mother Anne De Broca as Sardinian choir woman Saber Hallout as Injured teenager (uncredited) Anne Paris as Yan's girlfriend Stéphan Wojtowicz as President of the Republic Nicolas Jouhet as Union delegate Serge Noël as Mougins Laurent d'Olce as Neurologist Gaëtan Vassart as Loïk Réginald Huguenin as Prefect of the Ardennes Gilles Bellomi as Ardennes fire commander François Berland as Guillemot, CEO of SNCF Emmanuel Gayet as Morange Marie Catrix as Journalist François Chattot as Falconetti, Minister of health François Vincentelli as Peralta, Minister of the budget Olivier Gourmet as Bertrand Saint-Jean, Minister of transport Zabou Breitman as Pauline, communications director Laurent Stocker as Yan Sylvain Deblé as Martin Kuypers, silent driver Régis Romele as Protester Arly Jover as Séverine Saint-Jean, wife of Bertrand Saint-Jean Jean-Michel Chapelain as Driving instructor André Malraux as Self (voice) (archive footage) Abdelhafid Metalsi as Louis-Do Marc-Olivier Fogiel as Morning journalist Michel Blanc as Gilles, director of staff Jade Phan-Gia as Kenza Laurence Pollet-Villard as Advisor to the President Philippe Jourde as Deputy Jacques Boudet as Senator Juillet Éric Naggar as Prime Minister Maxime Motte as Priest Brigitte Lo Cicero as Crocodile dream woman Martine Vandeville as Vinci Ian McCamy as Assistant Minister Fanny Touron as Journalist press point Philippe du Janerand as Man of networks Jean-Yves Freyburger as Guest of the evening (uncredited) Didier Bezace as Dominique Woessner Pierre-François Dollé as Member of the Kurokos Marine Blake as Gwenaëlle Scali Delpeyrat as Morning comedian (uncredited) Gérald Raynaud as Worker

Laurence Briaud Editor Philippe Schoeller Original Music Composer Julien Hirsch Director of Photography Luc Dardenne Producer André Bouvard Executive Producer Jean-Pierre Laforce Sound Re-Recording Mixer Denis Freyd Producer Pascaline Chavanne Costume Design Jean-Pierre Dardenne Producer Pierre Schoeller Director, Writer Julie Brenta Sound Editor