The Conquest (French: La conquête) is a 2011 French Biographical film on Nicolas Sarkozy directed by Xavier Durringer.
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French | La conquête |
Directed by | Xavier Durringer |
Written by | Xavier Durringer Patrick Rotman |
Produced by | Éric and Nicolas Altmayer |
Starring | Denis Podalydès Florence Pernel Bernard Le Coq Michèle Moretti |
Cinematography | Gilles Porte |
Edited by | Catherine Schwartz |
Music by | Nicola Piovani |
Production company | Gaumont Film Company |
Distributed by | Gaumont Film Company |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | $5.6 million |
Box office | $6.3 million[1] |
On May 6, 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy, between two phone calls to his wife Cécilia, remembers the past five years. In 2002, he returned to the forefront of political life by being appointed interior minister by President of the Republic, Jacques Chirac, in the government of Jean-Pierre Raffarin. Gradually, he managed to make a name and decided to prepare to succeed President Chirac at the Elysee in 2007. However, he must cope with significant challenges as his rivalry with the Foreign Minister, Dominique de Villepin, or the secret romance with Cecilia advertising Richard Attias and his affair with the journalist Anne Fulda.
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The movie was presented the same day of its release date to the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, on May 18, 2011.[citation needed]
The movie was well received by the critics. As of June 2020[update], the film holds a 77% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 31 reviews with an average rating of 6.4 out of 10.[2] Metacritic gave the film a score of 62 out of 100, based on 14 critics.[3]
Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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César Award | César Award for Best Actor | Denis Podalydès | Nominated |
César Award for Best Supporting Actor | Bernard Le Coq | Nominated | |
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