The Conquest

2011

The Conquest

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The Conquest chronicles the volatile right-leaning Nicolas Sarkozy's startling rise to become President of France and the emotional and psychological stakes involving the conquest of power. On the day the diminutive Sarkozy conquered his ultimate ambition, his wife who for twenty years had struggled to pull the man she loved from the shadow into the light walked out on him for another man. -- (C) Music Box

Cast

Denis Podalydès
as Nicolas Sarkozy
Florence Pernel
as Cecilia Sarkozy
Bernard Le Coq
as Jacques Chirac
Samuel Labarthe
as Dominique De Villepin
Hippolyte Girardot
as Claude Guéant
Dominique Besnehard
as Pierre Charron
Michèle Moretti
as Bernadette Chirac
Emmanuel Noblet
as Bruno Le Maire
Michel Bompoil
as Henri Guaino
Gérard Chaillou
as Jean-Louis Debré
Nicolas Moreau
as Pierre Giacometti
Yann Babilée
as Richard Attias
Yann Babilée-Keogh
as Richard Attias
Fabrice Cals
as Michaël Darmon
Laurent Olmedo
Bruno Lopez
Jean-Pierre Léonardini
Laurent Claret
Dominique Daguier
Vincent Jouan
Frederic Barbe
Marine Royer
Monica Abularach
Ellie Tardy
Lyre Gonty
Ghislaine Pons
Philippe Maymat
Frédéric Piatti
Christophe Thuillier
Cyrille de Bréville
Cyrille Debreville
Marco Bella
Nicolas Pucheu
Cyril Vendola
Xavier Fillol
Bernard Molmy
Patrick Rotman
Grégory Fitoussi
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  • Jul 24, 2013
    As Nicholas Sarkozy(Denis Podalydes) wakes up on election day in 2007, it starts out well enough as he wins the vote in New York and Israel. But he is still worrying about the whereabouts of his wife Cecilia(Florence Pernel) and more importantly whether or not she will be voting with him. However, that is nothing compared to five years previously when President Jacques Chirac(Bernard Le Coq), feeling Sarkozy would only lose in a national election due to his conservative politics, chooses Dominique de Villepin(Samuel Labarthe) to be Prime Minister, leaving the Ministry of Interior to Sarkozy. "The Conquest" seeks to dramatize Sarkozy's rise to power by also undermining him by showing that the only way he got elected was in the media's preference of personality over policy. While possibly not wrong, it is a neat trick that the movie never quite pulls off, as it also falls into the same trap by mostly avoiding politics except by mentioning Sarkozy is pro-American.(Which I guess might be the same as being pro-French here in the States, I suppose.) As far as being satire, not much, except for the jaunty soundtrack and one masterful shot that starts with Sarkozy eating alone, before panning to the press who then rush off to cover Villepin on the beach. The only irony comes when Chirac says the socialists will never win an election in France. Who knew? Plus, Podalydes gives one of those performances usually seen on Saturday Night Live where a performer does an impression by picking on a singular personal tic and then hammering it into the bedrock.
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