2011
Not Rated
Music Box Films
1 h 45 m

2011
Not Rated
Music Box Films
1 h 45 m

Summary The day is May 6, 2007, France’s run-up to the presidential elections. As the French people are getting ready to go to the polls to elect their new president, presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has shut himself away in his home. Though Sarkozy soon knows he has won the election, he is alone, gloomy and despondent. For hours he has be...

Directed By: Xavier Durringer

Written By: Patrick Rotman, Xavier Durringer

2011
Not Rated
Music Box Films
1 h 45 m

2011
Not Rated
Music Box Films
1 h 45 m

The Conquest

Name: The Conquest
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Released: 2011-11-11
Duration: 1 min 45 s
Rating: 62
Cast: Denis Podalydès, Florence Pernel, Bernard Le Coq, Michèle Moretti, Samuel Labarthe

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Xavier Durringer

Written By: Patrick Rotman, Xavier Durringer

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Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews

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Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews

43% Positive
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Los Angeles Times

Nov 10, 2011

A smart, involving and strikingly adult drama about Sarkozy's rise to power.

By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW

Christian Science Monitor

Nov 12, 2011

Still, I prefer a bit more drama in my political docudramas. The Conquest never really breaks out of its genre in the way that, say, "The Queen" or "Il Divo" or the more fictionalized "In the Loop" did.

By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Nov 8, 2011

Aided by an excellent ensemble cast, director Xavier Durringer and his co-scripter, Patrick Rotman, don't refrain from showing this truly repellent side of Sarko during his rise from minister of justice in 2002 to the highest elected office.

By Melissa Anderson FULL REVIEW

Time Out

Nov 8, 2011

A drama about the dirty business of gaining power, it needs bared fangs - and more bite.

By David Fear FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Nov 7, 2011

An amusing yet lightweight political farce.

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Washington Post

Nov 17, 2011

Where the film might have found its greater meaning is in the interplay between Sarkozy's public and private lives - an especially fertile ground here, given that wife Cecilia (Florence Pernel) was a key adviser and their very public separation threatened his eventual run for president.

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The New York Times

Nov 10, 2011

The movie, which begins with Mr. Sarkozy's election-night victory in May 2007, only intermittently rises above the tone of an arch, sniping drawing-room comedy peopled with mild caricatures.

By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Gaumont, Mandarin Films, Canal+, CinéCinéma, Sofica Manon, Cofimage 22, Cofinova 7, Uni Étoile 8

Release Date Nov 11, 2011

Duration 1 h 45 m

Rating Not Rated

Genres

Tagline The man behind the woman behind the man.

Website http://la-conquete.gaumont.fr/

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Awards

César Awards, France

• 2 Nominations

Hamburg Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

Valladolid International Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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Denis Podalydès

Nicolas Sarkozy

Florence Pernel

Cécilia Sarkozy

Bernard Le Coq

Jacques Chirac

Michèle Moretti

Bernadette Chirac

Samuel Labarthe

Dominique de Villepin

Emmanuel Noblet

Bruno Le Maire

Hippolyte Girardot

Claude Guéant

Mathias Mlekuz

Franck Louvrier

Grégory Fitoussi

Laurent Solly

Pierre Cassignard

Frédéric Lefèbvre

Dominique Besnehard

Pierre Charon

Michel Bompoil

Henri Guaino

Saïda Jawad

Rachida Dati

Gérard Chaillou

Jean-Louis Debré

Nicolas Moreau

Pierre Giacometti

Yann Babilée

Richard Attias

Fabrice Cals

Michaël Darmon

Laurent Olmedo

Philippe Ridet

Bruno López

Jean-François Achilli

Jean-Pierre Léonardini

Bruno Jeudy

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