Quai D’Orsay
Filmfest 2014
OT: QUAI D'ORSAY
France 2013
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: French)
German Premiere
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Section: Spotlight
"A friend of mine, a journalist named Edouard Duprey, who actually appears in the film, came over for dinner one night and brought me the first volume of 'Quai d'Orsay' as a gift. It had hit the bookshelves a few days earlier. I read it that night, from beginning to end. The next day I asked my producer and business partner, Frédéric Bourboulon, to buy the film rights. I was struck by the perfect balance between the tantalizing comedy and the reality of the characters, situations and dialogue, which all rang true. Political advisors in ministries work like crazy, in a constant state of
chaos."
Bertrand Tavernier
"QUAI D’ORSAY is gleeful enjoyment – perhaps not fantasy, but certainly entertaining – and wicked in intent and effect."
Piers Handling, Toronto International Film Festival
Cast: Thierry Lhermitte, Raphaël Personnaz, Niels Arestrup, Bruno Raffaelli, Julie Gayet
Credits
Screenplay: Christophe Blain, Original von/ by: Antonin Baudry
Director of Photography: Jérôme Alméras
Film Editor: Guy Lecorne
Composer: Philippe Sarde
Production Designer: Sibilla Patrizi
Costume Design: Caroline de Vivaise
Sound: Jean-Marie Blondel
Producer: Jérôme Seydoux
Production Company: Little Bear
Co-Producer: Frédéric Bourboulon, Florian Genetet-Morel
World Sales: Pathé Distribution
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
