Quai d'Orsay
This minister, Alexandre Taillard de Vorms, is a youthful, good-looking,
and ambitious man whose energy is often directed in the most inane and futile directions. His long-suffering staff has to
clean up the messes left in his wake; meanwhile, a new young speechwriter is given a crash course in how to make sense of
the meaningless gibberish that comes from his boss's mouth. Trips to Africa, crises in Ludmenistan, speeches at the UN, and
meetings in Berlin rub up against anchovy disputes with the Spanish, while quotes from Heraclitus add a timeless element to
the modern political folly. QUAI D'ORSAY is gleeful enjoyment and wicked in intent and effect. (Toronto International Film
Festival)
Director's Biography
Bertrand Tavernier, born in 1941, is one of the great masters
of French cinema. Tavernier won the BAFTA, a total of four César Awards, and a Golden Bear. QUAI D'ORSAY has been awarded
at the Toronto and San Sebastian International Film Festival. Tavernier will receive the Golden Lion for career achievement
at the Venice International Film Festival 2015. // Films (selection): L'HORLOGER DE SAINT-PAUL (The Clockmaker of St. Paul,
1974), COUP DE TORCHON (1981), L'APPÂT (The Bait, 1995), LA PRINCESSE DE MONTPENSIER (The Princess of Montpensier, 2010),
QUAI D'ORSAY (2013)
European Panorama 2015
Bertrand Tavernier
France 2013
color
113
minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay
Antonin Baudry, Christophe Blain, Bertrand Tavernier, based on the graphic novel by Abel Lanzac
Cinematography Jérôme Alméras
Editing Guy Lecorne
Sound/Sounddesign
Olivier Dô Hûu
Music Philippe Sarde
With Thierry Lhermitte, Raphael Personnaz, Niels Arestrup, Anais Demoustier, Julie
Gayet
Producer(s) Jerome
Seydoux (Pathé Production), Frederic Bourboulon (Little Bear) <br><b>KoproduzentInnen / Co-Producers</b>
Valérie Boyer, Romain Le Gran (Pathé Production)
Production
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Production 2 rue Lamennais 75008 Paris France T +33 1 71 72 33 05 F +33 1 71 72 33 10 accueil.distri@pathe.com www.patheinternational.com
<br> <b>Koproduktion / Co-Production</b> Little Bear (FR)