The French Minister
The French Minister

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Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is tall and impressive, a man with style, attractive to women. He also happens to be the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the land of enlightenment: France. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage, from the floor of the United Nations in New York to the powder keg of Oubanga. There, he calls on the powerful and invokes the mighty to bring peace, to calm the trigger-happy, and to cement his aura of Nobel Peace Prize ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The French Minister:

Thierry Lhermitte
Raphaël Personnaz
Niels Arestrup
Bruno Raffaelli
Julie Gayet
Anaïs Demoustier

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Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is tall and impressive, a man with style, attractive to women. He also happens to be the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the land of enlightenment: France. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage, from the floor of the United Nations in New York to the powder keg of Oubanga. There, he calls on the powerful and invokes the mighty to bring peace, to calm the trigger-happy, and to cement his aura of Nobel Peace Prize winner-in-waiting. Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, lucidity and efficacy. He takes on American neo-cons, corrupt Russians and money-grabbing Chinese. Perhaps the world doesn't deserve France's magnanimousness, but his art would be wasted if just restricted to home turf. Enter the young Arthur Vlaminck, graduate of the elite National School of Administration, who is hired as head of "language" at the foreign ministry. In other words, he is to write the minister's speeches. But he also has to learn to deal with the sensibilities of the boss and his entourage, and find his way between the private secretary and the special advisers who stalk the corridors of the Quai d'Orsay - the ministry's home - where stress, ambition and dirty dealing are the daily currency. But just as he thinks he can influence the fate of the world, everything seems threatened by the inertia of the technocrats.

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Spirituality and Practice - 10/10 by Frederic and Mary Ann BrussatA witty, face-paced and audacious comedy about French diplomacy, politics, and the peculiarities of power.
Montreal Gazette - 8/10 by Brendan KellyThe neat twist is that the clownish minister perhaps isn't the goof we all think he is.
Slant Magazine - 8/10 by Kenji FujishimaWith its broad performances, rapid-fire pacing, and rampant visual and verbal gags, Bernard Tavernier's first out-and-out comedy doesn't try too hard to hide its graphic-novel origins.
The Age (Australia) - 8/10 by Philippa HawkerSome of its references might be arcane but most are not, and its sly, satirical depiction of power has universal appeal.
Cinema Scope - 7/10 by Robert KoehlerThierry Lhermitte plays this verbose, preening idiot with a determination that becomes grating.
New York Times - 6/10 by Manohla DargisMr. Tavernier's filmmaking here is loose, almost casual, and you may not always notice what he's doing with the camera as he frames the ministry's choreographed chaos with its whirling people and parts.
Flicks.co.nz - 6/10 by Steve NewallIf you're not looking for something that puts politics to the sword, but merely uses it to provide a backdrop for some gently prodding humour,The French Minister will provide a chuckle or two.
Concrete Playground - 6/10 by Tom CliftWhat the film is really missing, though, is a character like Malcolm Tucker. Without an angry Scotsman threatening to punch people into paralysis, the humour feels decidedly toothless.
Village Voice - 5/10 by Chris PackhamMannered and often very funny, it's kind of like what an Iannucci production would be if all his characters suffered from the behavioral effects of toxoplasmosis - really, really French, in other words.
Chicago Reader - 5/10 by J. R. JonesThere are enough moments of inspired lunacy to make this worthwhile.

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