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The Minister

The Minister

2011•1h 55m•6.4/10
Drama

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6.4/10(143)

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.

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Production

Archipel 33>35, Les Films du Fleuve, France 3 Cinéma, RTBF, Belgacom

Language

FR

Status

Released

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Cast

Olivier Gourmet

Olivier Gourmet

Bertrand Saint-Jean, Minister of transport

Michel Blanc

Michel Blanc

Gilles, director of staff

Zabou Breitman

Zabou Breitman

Pauline, communications director

Laurent Stocker

Laurent Stocker

Yan

Sylvain Deblé

Sylvain Deblé

Martin Kuypers, silent driver

Didier Bezace

Didier Bezace

Dominique Woessner

Jacques Boudet

Jacques Boudet

Senator Juillet

François Chattot

François Chattot

Falconetti, Minister of health

Gaëtan Vassart

Gaëtan Vassart

Loïk

Arly Jover

Arly Jover

Séverine Saint-Jean, wife of Bertrand Saint-Jean

Éric Naggar

Éric Naggar

Prime Minister

Anne Azoulay

Anne Azoulay

Josepha, Kuypers' companion

Abdelhafid Metalsi

Abdelhafid Metalsi

Louis-Do

Christian Vautrin

Nemrod

François Vincentelli

François Vincentelli

Peralta, Minister of the budget

Stéphan Wojtowicz

Stéphan Wojtowicz

President of the Republic

Ludovic Jevelot

Tintin, driver

Marc-Olivier Fogiel

Marc-Olivier Fogiel

Morning journalist

Brigitte Lo Cicero

Brigitte Lo Cicero

Crocodile dream woman

Jade Phan-Gia

Jade Phan-Gia

Kenza

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