Quai d'Orsay (2013)

Original title

Quai d’Orsay

Directed by

Bertrand Tavernier

Genre

comedy film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

AL

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 303 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A French foreign minister and his staff navigate the absurdities of diplomacy during a major international crisis. The film starts as a comedy but becomes more serious as it deals with France's opposition to the 2003 Iraq war.

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What happens

The French Minister (French: Quai d'Orsay, or by metonymy the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)) is a 2013 French comedy film directed by Bertrand Tavernier, his final narrative film. Based on Quai d'Orsay, a comic strip by Christophe Blain and Abel Lanzac, the film takes an initially comedic look at the French Foreign Ministry under Dominique de Villepin but moves into more serious territory as France, in co-operation with Germany, opposes the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. In January 2014, the film received three nominations at the 39th César Awards, with Niels Arestrup winning the award for Best Supporting Actor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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