Where to Watch The French Minister (2013) in the US

What it's about

Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is tall and impressive, a man with style, attractive to women. He also happens to be the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the land of enlightenment: France. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage, from the floor of the United Nations in New York to the powder keg of Oubanga. There, he calls on the powerful and invokes the mighty to bring peace, to calm the trigger-happy, and to cement his aura of Nobel Peace Prize winner-in-waiting. Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, lucidity and efficacy. He takes on American neo-cons, corrupt Russians and money-grabbing Chinese. Perhaps the world doesn't deserve France's magnanimousness, but his art would be wasted if just restricted to home turf. Enter the young Arthur Vlaminck, graduate of the elite National School of Administration, who is hired as head of "language" at the foreign ministry. In other words, he is to write the minister's speeches. But he also has to learn to deal with the sensibilities of the boss and his entourage, and find his way between the private secretary and the special advisers who stalk the corridors of the Quai d'Orsay - the ministry's home - where stress, ambition and dirty dealing are the daily currency. But just as he thinks he can influence the fate of the world, everything seems threatened by the inertia of the technocrats.

Cast and crew

Director

Bertrand Tavernier

Writer

Antonin Baudry, Christophe Blain, Bertrand Tavernier

Starring

Thierry Lhermitte, Raphaël Personnaz, Niels Arestrup

Details

Release date

Nov 6, 2013

Language

French

Country

France, United States, Senegal

Box office

$12,027

Awards

3 wins & 10 nominations total

Where to Watch The French Minister (2013) in the US — common questions

Where to watch The French Minister in the United States?

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Watch the movie with a subscription on AMC+ (HD), Philo (HD), and Sundance Now (HD). Rent the movie on Apple TV Store and Prime Video.

Can I watch The French Minister for free in the United States?

Watch the movie free with a participating library card on Kanopy (HD).