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