The Minister
- Olivier Gourmet: Bertrand Saint -Jean
- Michel Blanc: Gilles
- Zabou Breitman Pauline
- Laurent Stocker: Yan
- Sylvain Deblé: Martin Kuypers
- Didier Bezace: Dominique Woessner
- Jacques Boudet: Senator Juillet
- François Chattot: Health Minister Falconetti
- Gaëtan Vassart: Loïk
- Arly Jover: Séverine Saint -Jean
- Eric Naggar: Prime Minister
- Anne Azoulay: Josepha
- Abdelhafid Metalsi: Louis Do
- Christian Vautrin: Nemrod
- François Vincentelli: Budget Minister Peralta
- Stéphan Wojtowicz: President
The climber is a Franco- Belgian political drama by Pierre Schoeller from the year 2011.
Action
For six months Bertrand Saint -Jean is a French transport minister. It is a crisis manager and has revived some stalled projects back in the short time already. At his side, the Secretary of State Gilles, his longtime confidant works. As a communications consultant him Pauline is available. They accompanied him when he needs to go in the middle of the night in the Ardennes, as there is a bus with many young people has strayed on board from the road and there were several deaths among the inmates. He finds the right words, but vomits on the return journey. In the middle of the media treatment of misfortune If urges the question of a possible privatization of the railway stations, which is made Bertrand during a live broadcast. Bertrand rejects privatization decisively, but must soon afterwards to overhear on another channel, such as the Budget Minister Peralta advocates privatization of financial reasons. At the urging of Bertrand's the Prime Minister denied shortly thereafter any privatization projects.
Because Bertrand's chauffeur has just become a father, and therefore can go for four weeks paternity leave, Bertrand committed to long-term unemployed Martin Kuypers as a new driver. Martin was selected press effectively as part of a campaign that will integrate the unemployed into work again. He is silent, does its job reliably and with discretion. Although he listens with Bertrand phone calls or the agreements between the Minister and Pauline, but never expresses an own opinion. As Bertrand one evening has little to do, he can go to his apartment by Martin. It turns out that Martin lives in a caravan. Although he has started the construction of a house, but this can not continue for financial reasons. In the caravan both eat with Martin's wife, in contrast to her husband has strong political views. It comes to a dispute, the Bertrand, bringing the question of whether they will choose to halt. At the end of the evening he is drunk and brought Martin home.
While Bertrand got drunk at Martin, Gilles has experienced news in the ministry. The State Secretary of the Budget Ministry, Dominique Woessner, was removed from his post on the highest order and weggelobt in the private sector. Here it is to be active in the privatization of the railway stations, which has long since decided the prime minister. Gilles succeeds Bertrand to convince them of the benefits of privatization station, but will a " Saint -Jean- reform " put a monument to him in French history. The privatization is decided in a confined frames but should be announced within the next three days. Until then, all parties are committed to absolute silence. Still experiencing health minister Falconetti from the plans and is outraged. Bertrand begins to maneuver in the political arena, he is planning, among other things, to ally with Peralta. Gilles, who sees no future in the ministry by the reform itself, it forces still remain.
On a journey that leads the abbreviation for an unreleased piece of highway to Bertrand's car overturns unforeseen. Chauffeur Martin is in the accident killed while Bertrand survived injured. The accident, participate with an escorted by the public funeral, at the Bertrand and the Prime Minister, leads to a rapid increase Bertrand's popularity among the population. The privatization question is moved, some politicians come back. As Bertrand is well again, he wants to stake out a first visit route, in which he will seek to be privatized railway stations. He can not decide which he should begin tactically located. On the toilet he gets a call from the Secretary General of the Presidential Office. He is the post of Minister of Labour and Solidarity offered and Bertrand takes the items already on the phone. He plans the common political future with Gilles, who had already submitted his resignation because of the reform. When President he learns the reasons for its rise: He should bring back as a popular and credible minister, with a positive package of measures in the critical area working the five per cent for the party that will be lost due to the train station reform. Its sole job is to defuse the situation. Private initiatives are not in demand. He receives a list of employees who come into question in the future for his ministry. The President wants " fresh blood " - Gilles name is not on the list and the Secretary of State goes without saying a word.
Production
The climber was turned with the Élysée Palace and other venues in Paris. The scenes at Martins funeral originated in Bagneux. The film witnessed on 19 May 2011 in the Un Certain Regard at the International Film Festival of Cannes premiered. He ran on October 26, 2011, in the French cinema and appeared on 16 August 2012 in the Swiss and November 22, 2012 in the German cinemas. In Germany he had previously been shown for the first time on September 30, 2011 at the Hamburg Film Festival. In March 2013, the film was released on DVD.
Criticism
For the filmdienst The climber was an " energetic, brilliantly staged and photographed film that avoids the ciphers of the genre and remains in close contact with the real political conditions. " Cinema called the film a " bitter study of the price of power and the cynicism of politicians. " Der Spiegel described the film as "a remarkably successful [n ] attempt to take a sober, but still entertaining view of the political establishment. " They criticized the numerous venues that opens up the film so that it zerfasere with time and also genre based can not define: The film was " serious drama times and then again absurd farce, political thriller and tragicomedy. "
Awards
The promoted in 2011 received the FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes for best film of the Un Certain Regard.
The film won 2012 César Awards in the categories of Best Supporting Actor ( Michel Blanc), Best Screenplay (Pierre Schoeller ) and Best Sound ( Olivier Hespel, Julie Brenta and Jean -Pierre Laforce ). He was also Best in the categories of Best Film, Best Director (Pierre Schoeller ), Best Actor ( Olivier Gourmet), Best Supporting Actress ( Zabou Breitman ), Best Cinematography ( Julien Hirsch), Best Editing (Laurence Briaud ), Best Original Score ( Philippe Schoeller ) and Best Art Direction (Jean -Marc Tran Tan Ba) nominated for a César.
In 2012, The climber won the Prix du Syndicat Français de la Critique for Best French film.