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The Conquest
Film poster
FrenchLa conquête
Directed byXavier Durringer
Written byXavier Durringer
Patrick Rotman
Produced byÉric and Nicolas Altmayer
StarringDenis Podalydès
Florence Pernel
Bernard Le Coq
Michèle Moretti
CinematographyGilles Porte
Edited byCatherine Schwartz
Music byNicola Piovani
Production
companies
Distributed byGaumont
Release date
  • 18 May 2011 (2011-05-18)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$5.6 million
Box office$6.3 million[1]

The Conquest (French: La conquête) is a 2011 French biographical comedy-drama film on Nicolas Sarkozy directed by Xavier Durringer.

Plot

On 6 May 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.

Cast

The film crew at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival

Production

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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]

Critical reception

The movie was well received by the critics. As of June 2020, 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]

Accolades

Award Category Recipient Result
César Award César Award for Best Actor Denis Podalydès Nominated
César Award for Best Supporting Actor Bernard Le Coq Nominated

References

  1. ^ "La Conquête (2011)- JPBox-Office". jpbox-office.com.
  2. ^ "The Conquest". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  3. ^ "The Conquest". Metacritic.

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