The Minister
137 reviews
Drama
1h 55m
2011
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...
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Storyline
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.
- DirectorPierre Schoeller
- Release26 October 2011
- GenreDrama
- Duration1h 55m
- Budget?
- Revenue$65,301
- Rate137 reviews
- Productions
Archipel 33>35, Les Films du Fleuve, France 3 Cinéma, RTBF, Belgacom
Cast

Olivier Gourmet
Bertrand Saint-Jean, Minister of transport

Michel Blanc
Gilles, director of staff

Zabou Breitman
Pauline, communications director

Laurent Stocker
Yan

Sylvain Deblé
Martin Kuypers, silent driver

Didier Bezace
Dominique Woessner

Jacques Boudet
Senator Juillet

François Chattot
Falconetti, Minister of health

Gaëtan Vassart
Loïk

Arly Jover
Séverine Saint-Jean, wife of Bertrand Saint-Jean

Éric Naggar
Prime Minister

Anne Azoulay
Josepha, Kuypers' companion

Abdelhafid Metalsi
Louis-Do

François Vincentelli
Peralta, Minister of the budget

Stéphan Wojtowicz
President of the Republic

Marc-Olivier Fogiel
Morning journalist

Brigitte Lo Cicero
Crocodile dream woman

Jade Phan-Gia
Kenza

Brice Fournier
Deputy Prade

Pierre-François Dollé
Member of the Kurokos

Anne Paris
Yan's girlfriend

Philippe Naman
Yan's friend

Réginald Huguenin
Prefect of the Ardennes

Gilles Bellomi
Ardennes fire commander

Véronique Wellecan
Desperate mother

Fanny Touron
Journalist press point

Marine Blake
Gwenaëlle

François Berland
Guillemot, CEO of SNCF

Véronique Noël
Unemployed

Jean-Michel Chapelain
Driving instructor

Emmanuel Gayet
Morange

Nicolas Jouhet
Union delegate

Régis Romele
Protester

Laurence Pollet-Villard
Advisor to the President

Martine Vandeville
Vinci

Philippe du Janerand
Man of networks

Serge Noël
Mougins

Philippe Jourde
Deputy

Laurent d'Olce
Neurologist

Maxime Motte
Priest

Anne De Broca
Sardinian choir woman

Marie Catrix
Journalist

Ian McCamy
Assistant Minister

Gérald Raynaud
Worker

André Malraux
Self (voice) (archive footage)

Scali Delpeyrat
Morning comedian (uncredited)

Jean-Yves Freyburger
Guest of the evening (uncredited)

Saber Hallout
Injured teenager (uncredited)
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