Movie
The Minister
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2011-10-26
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Archipel 33>35, Les Films du Fleuve, France 3 Cinéma, RTBF, Belgacom
- Country
- France, Belgium
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Olivier Gourmet as Bertrand Saint-Jean, Minister of transport
- Michel Blanc as Gilles, director of staff
- Zabou Breitman as Pauline, communications director
- Laurent Stocker as Yan
- Sylvain Deblé as Martin Kuypers, silent driver
- Didier Bezace as Dominique Woessner
- Jacques Boudet as Senator Juillet
- François Chattot as Falconetti, Minister of health
- Gaëtan Vassart as Loïk
- Arly Jover as Séverine Saint-Jean, wife of Bertrand Saint-Jean
- Éric Naggar as Prime Minister
- Anne Azoulay as Josepha, Kuypers' companion
Crew
- Pierre Schoeller - Director
- Pierre Schoeller - Writer
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