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.
Released
26 October 2011
Runtime
1h 55min
Director
Revenue
$65,301
Genre
Status
Released
Language
French
Production
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
Christian Vautrin
Nemrod
François Vincentelli
Peralta, Minister of the budget
Stéphan Wojtowicz
President of the Republic
Ludovic Jevelot
Tintin, driver
Marc-Olivier Fogiel
Morning journalist
Brigitte Lo Cicero
Crocodile dream woman
Jade Phan-Gia
Kenza
Brice Fournier
Deputy Prade
Veronique Calderari
Member of the Kurokos
Pierre-François Dollé
Member of the Kurokos
Fabrice Jardin
Member of the Kurokos
Ludovic Wystraete
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
Grégoire Morano
Lost teenager
Véronique Wellecan
Desperate mother
Fanny Touron
Journalist press point
Marine Blake
Gwenaëlle
Valérie Khong
RTL journalist
François Berland
Guillemot, CEO of SNCF
Ange Baraglioli
Unemployed
Thierry Besnard
Unemployed
Bouzid Ghezali
Unemployed
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
Gaëtan Le Marchand
Bailiff of the Ministry
Serge Noël
Mougins
Philippe Jourde
Deputy
Ménothy Cesar
Motorway worker
Laurent d'Olce
Neurologist
Maxime Motte
Priest
Anna Andreotti
Sardinian choir woman
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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