The Minister

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The Minister

2011

1h 55m

6.4(141 votes)

Drama

Overview

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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61 members

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Olivier Gourmet

Bertrand Saint-Jean, Minister of transport

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Michel Blanc

Gilles, director of staff

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Zabou Breitman

Pauline, communications director

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Laurent Stocker

Yan

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Sylvain Deblé

Martin Kuypers, silent driver

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Didier Bezace

Dominique Woessner

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Jacques Boudet

Senator Juillet

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François Chattot

Falconetti, Minister of health

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Gaëtan Vassart

Loïk

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Arly Jover

Séverine Saint-Jean, wife of Bertrand Saint-Jean

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Éric Naggar

Prime Minister

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Anne Azoulay

Josepha, Kuypers' companion

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Abdelhafid Metalsi

Louis-Do

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Christian Vautrin

Nemrod

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François Vincentelli

Peralta, Minister of the budget

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Stéphan Wojtowicz

President of the Republic

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Ludovic Jevelot

Tintin, driver

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Marc-Olivier Fogiel

Morning journalist

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Brigitte Lo Cicero

Crocodile dream woman

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Jade Phan-Gia

Kenza

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Brice Fournier

Deputy Prade

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Veronique Calderari

Member of the Kurokos

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Pierre-François Dollé

Member of the Kurokos

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Fabrice Jardin

Member of the Kurokos

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Ludovic Wystraete

Member of the Kurokos

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Anne Paris

Yan's girlfriend

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Philippe Naman

Yan's friend

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Réginald Huguenin

Prefect of the Ardennes

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Gilles Bellomi

Ardennes fire commander

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Grégoire Morano

Lost teenager

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Véronique Wellecan

Desperate mother

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Fanny Touron

Journalist press point

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Marine Blake

Gwenaëlle

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Valérie Khong

RTL journalist

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François Berland

Guillemot, CEO of SNCF

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Ange Baraglioli

Unemployed

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Thierry Besnard

Unemployed

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Bouzid Ghezali

Unemployed

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Véronique Noël

Unemployed

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Jean-Michel Chapelain

Driving instructor

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Emmanuel Gayet

Morange

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Nicolas Jouhet

Union delegate

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Régis Romele

Protester

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Laurence Pollet-Villard

Advisor to the President

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Martine Vandeville

Vinci

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Philippe du Janerand

Man of networks

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Gaëtan Le Marchand

Bailiff of the Ministry

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Serge Noël

Mougins

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Philippe Jourde

Deputy

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Ménothy Cesar

Motorway worker

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Laurent d'Olce

Neurologist

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Maxime Motte

Priest

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Anna Andreotti

Sardinian choir woman

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Anne De Broca

Sardinian choir woman

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Marie Catrix

Journalist

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Ian McCamy

Assistant Minister

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Gérald Raynaud

Worker

Writing

André Malraux

Self (voice) (archive footage)

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Scali Delpeyrat

Morning comedian (uncredited)

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Jean-Yves Freyburger

Guest of the evening (uncredited)

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Saber Hallout

Injured teenager (uncredited)

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