The Minister
L'Exercice de l'État
Release: 2011-10-26
·Runtime: 115m
·★ 6.4
Drama
Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean is awoken in the middle of the night by his head of staff. A bus has gone off the road into a gully. He has no choice but to go to the scene of the accident. Thus begins the odyssey of a politician in a world that is increasingly more complex and hostile.
Production Countries
France
Belgium
Production Companies
Archipel 33>35
Les Films du Fleuve
France 3 Cinéma
RTBF
Belgacom
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Didier Bezace
as Dominique Woessner
Véronique Noël
as Unemployed
Scali Delpeyrat
as Morning comedian (uncredited)
Abdelhafid Metalsi
as Louis-Do
Serge Noël
as Mougins
Olivier Gourmet
as Bertrand Saint-Jean, Minister of transport
Zabou Breitman
as Pauline, communications director
Véronique Wellecan
as Desperate mother
Maxime Motte
as Priest
Gaëtan Vassart
as Loïk
François Vincentelli
as Peralta, Minister of the budget
Laurence Pollet-Villard
as Advisor to the President
Marc-Olivier Fogiel
as Morning journalist
Réginald Huguenin
as Prefect of the Ardennes
Marine Blake
as Gwenaëlle
Gérald Raynaud
as Worker
André Malraux
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Régis Romele
as Protester
Ian McCamy
as Assistant Minister
Jacques Boudet
as Senator Juillet
Anne Azoulay
as Josepha, Kuypers' companion
Fanny Touron
as Journalist press point
Nicolas Jouhet
as Union delegate
Saber Hallout
as Injured teenager (uncredited)
Brigitte Lo Cicero
as Crocodile dream woman
Jade Phan-Gia
as Kenza
Marie Catrix
as Journalist
Laurent Stocker
as Yan
Stéphan Wojtowicz
as President of the Republic
Gilles Bellomi
as Ardennes fire commander
Emmanuel Gayet
as Morange
Michel Blanc
as Gilles, director of staff
Sylvain Deblé
as Martin Kuypers, silent driver
Éric Naggar
as Prime Minister
Philippe du Janerand
as Man of networks
Jean-Yves Freyburger
as Guest of the evening (uncredited)
Philippe Jourde
as Deputy
Anne De Broca
as Sardinian choir woman
François Chattot
as Falconetti, Minister of health
Arly Jover
as Séverine Saint-Jean, wife of Bertrand Saint-Jean
Philippe Naman
as Yan's friend
Jean-Michel Chapelain
as Driving instructor
Martine Vandeville
as Vinci
Laurent d'Olce
as Neurologist
Brice Fournier
as Deputy Prade
Anne Paris
as Yan's girlfriend
François Berland
as Guillemot, CEO of SNCF
Pierre-François Dollé
as Member of the Kurokos
Crew
Pierre Schoeller
Director, Writer
Philippe Schoeller
Original Music Composer
Denis Freyd
Producer
Luc Dardenne
Producer
Julie Brenta
Sound Editor
Pascaline Chavanne
Costume Design
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Producer
Jean-Pierre Laforce
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Laurence Briaud
Editor
Julien Hirsch
Director of Photography
André Bouvard
Executive Producer