A young speechwriter working in the French Foreign Ministry learns the impure nature of the political world.A young speechwriter working in the French Foreign Ministry learns the impure nature of the political world.A young speechwriter working in the French Foreign Ministry learns the impure nature of the political world.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 10 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe character played by Sonia Rolland is nicknamed "Miss Angoulême". Actually, Sonia Rolland has been Miss Bourgogne in 1999, then Miss France in 2000.
- Quotes
Alexandre Taillard de Worms: There are three principles. Responsibility. Effiiciency. Unity.
- Crazy creditsAt the very end of the end credits, the following sentence appears: "Aucune porte du Quai d'Orsay n'a été blessée ni maltraitée lors du tournage." which could be translated: "No doors of the Quai d'Orsay were harmed or mistreated in the making of this film."
- SoundtracksArrow in the Wall
Music by Bertrand Burgalat and lyrics by April March
Performed by Joël Daydé (vocals) and April March (vocals), Hervé Boutard (Drum), Stéphane Salvi (Guitar)
(P) & © 2013 Tricatel
Featured review
Oui, Ministre!
Quai D'Orsay (retitled The French Minister for some markets) is a likable and highly amusing French political farce from director Bertrand Tavernier, perhaps best known for 'Round Midnight. Quai D'Orsay presents the shenanigans within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a wonderfully straight face, while delivering laugh-out-loud moments by the portfolio-ful. Thierry Lhermitte's turn as Minister Alexandre Taillard de Worms is delightfully effective, every bombastic centimetre the Gallic Jim Hacker, with no sense of the events around him, yet, unlike Hacker, he is brimful of arrogant confidence in the face of every disaster. His foil is not a scheming Parisienne Sir Humphrey, but his long suffering chief of staff Claude Maupas, excellently portrayed by Niels Arestrup. Enter Raphaël Personnaz as the youthful and politically naive Arthur Vlaminkck, then sit back and chortle as young Arthur learns the workings of the ministry the hard way, doing his best to manoeuvre through the eccentricities of the minister's characterful staff. Quai D'Orsay is an enjoyable film with plenty of smiles and laughs, yet at almost two hours, it does begin to feel a bit baggy after the first half, still well worth seeing however.
- robinski34
- Jun 21, 2014
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $12,027
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,800
- Mar 23, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $5,586,646
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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