The President (1961)
- Original title
- Le Président
- Directed by
- Henri Verneuil
- Genre
- drama film, thriller film, political film, flashback film, political thriller film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- TP
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 77 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An aging French prime minister plans his revenge against a younger politician who betrayed him twice. The story follows his calculated moves to bring down his rival.
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What happens
The President (French: Le Président) is a 1961 French political thriller film directed by Henri Verneuil and based on, though altering, the ending of, the novel of the same title by Georges Simenon. It tells the story of a French prime minister (Jean Gabin), a lifelong proponent of the national good, who is twice betrayed by an opportunistic younger politician (Bernard Blier) but in the end gets his revenge. The film's title refers to the former French term for prime minister, which was président du conseil des ministres (chairman of the cabinet), but has since been replaced by the term premier ministre (prime minister). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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