L'Exercice de l'État

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

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