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Completed - FRENCH, ENGLISH - Drama

Log Line

The odyssey of a State official through an increasingly complex and hostile world. What sacrifices are men ready to accept?
How long will they last in a State that devours those who serve it?

Year of production : 2011

Director(s) : Pierre SCHOELLER
Cast : Michel BLANC, Olivier GOURMET, Zabou BREITMAN

Synopsis

The Minister for Transport, Bertrand Saint-Jean, is woken in the middle of the night by his personal private secretary.
A bus has crashed into a ravine. He goes there, he has no choice.
Thus begins the odyssey of a State official through an increasingly complex and hostile world.
Speed, power struggles, chaos, economic crisis…
In the frantic chain of events, one emergency replaces another.
What sacrifices are men ready to accept?
How long will they last in a State that devours those who serve it?

Production

Country(ies) : FRANCE

ARGENTINA ZETA FILMS SRL
AUSTRALIA HI GLOSS ENTERT
AUSTRIA FILMLADEN GMBH
CANADA FUNFILM DISTRIB
CZECH REPU FILM EUROPE (CZ
FRANCE UNIVERSCINÉ
FRANCE TF1 VIDEO
GERMANY KOOL FILMDISTRI
GREECE STRADA FILMS
ITALY PFA FILMS
POLAND AGAINST GRAVITY
SPAIN SILENZIO FILMS
SWEDEN NJUTAFILMS
SWITZERLAN XENIX FILMDISTR

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Festivals and Awards

Festival de Cannes 2011 - Competition (Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize))


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