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The Minister (2012)
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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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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Genre:Drama
Written By:Pierre Schoeller
In Theaters:3/23/2012
Box Office:$65,301
Runtime:115 minutes
Studio:Archipel 33>35, Les Films du Fleuve, France 3 Cinéma, RTBF, Belgacom
Cast
Pierre Schoeller
Director
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
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