The French Minister
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2014
March 6 - 16, 2014
Closing Night! U.S. Premiere!
Director Bertrand Tavernier and screenwriter Antonin Baudry in person!
A new Foreign Ministry speechwriter must navigate strong personalities, internal politics, and the stress of finding his boss’s “voice” in Tavernier’s sly, energetic film about the daily grind of diplomacy.
Closing Night! U.S. Premiere!
Director Bertrand Tavernier and screenwriter Antonin Baudry in person!
The veteran auteur Bertrand Tavernier returns to Rendez-Vous with a sly, energetic film about the daily grind of diplomacy. Arthur (Raphaël Personnaz), a graduate of all the right schools, is the new speechwriter for the Minister of Foreign Affairs (a hilarious Thierry Lhermitte). While he tries to navigate internal politics, the various strong personalities around him (such as a ruthless policy advisor played by Julie Gayet), and the stress of finding the Minister’s “voice,” Arthur must also write a speech for the Minister that will hopefully put them both in the history books. Based on co-screenwriter Antonin Baudry’s own graphic novels about his experience working in the Foreign Ministry under former Foreign (and Prime) Minister Dominique de Villepin, The French Minister takes us for a breathless ride through the halls of French government. Nominated for three 2014 César Awards: Julie Gayet (Best Supporting Actress), Niels Arestrup (Best Supporting Actor), and Antonin Baudry, Christophe Blain and Bertrand Tavernier (Best Adapted Screenplay). A Sundance Selects release.
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