Genre: Comedy
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: Thierry Lhermitte, Raphaël Personnaz, Niels Arestrup
Writers: Christophe Blain, Abel Lanzac
Rating: M
Run Time: 113 min
Synopsis
Vorms is a force to be reckoned with, waging his own war backed
up by the
holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, lucidity
and efficacy. He takes on American neo-cons, corrupt Russians and
money grabbing Chinese. Perhaps the world doesn't deserve France's
magnanimousness, but his art would be wasted if just restricted to
home turf. Enter the young Arthur Vlaminck, graduate of the elite
National School of Administration, who is hired as head of
"language" at the foreign ministry.
In other words, he is to write the minister's speeches. But he
also has to learn
to deal with the sensibilities of the boss and
his entourage, and find his way between the private secretary and
the special advisors who stalk the corridors of the Quai d'Orsay,
the ministry's home. where stress, ambition and dirty dealing are
the daily currency. But just as he thinks he can influence the fate
of the world, everything seems threatened by the inertia of the
technocrats.