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Cast
- Denis PodalydèsNicolas Sarkozy
- Florence PernelCécilia Sarkozy
- Bernard Le CoqJacques Chirac
- Michèle MorettiBernadette Chirac
- Samuel LabartheDominique de Villepin
- Emmanuel NobletBruno Le Maire
- Hippolyte GirardotClaude Guéant
- Mathias MlekuzFranck Louvrier
- Grégory FitoussiLaurent Solly
- Pierre CassignardFrédéric Lefèbvre
Recommendations
- 80
Los Angeles Times
A smart, involving and strikingly adult drama about Sarkozy's rise to power. - 75
The A.V. Club
The Conquest offers that familiar thrill of being allowed to peek behind the curtain and see what our leaders are really like, and while it's more rote than revelatory, that may be because the American way of wielding power - and telling stories about it - has gone global. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
Still, I prefer a bit more drama in my political docudramas. The Conquest never really breaks out of its genre in the way that, say, "The Queen" or "Il Divo" or the more fictionalized "In the Loop" did. - 70
Village Voice
Aided by an excellent ensemble cast, director Xavier Durringer and his co-scripter, Patrick Rotman, don't refrain from showing this truly repellent side of Sarko during his rise from minister of justice in 2002 to the highest elected office. - 63
Slant Magazine
Even as it takes pleasure in imagining the wheeling and dealing that politicos make when no one is looking, it never offers as much insight into the process by which a president is made as its premise would seem to promise. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
An amusing yet lightweight political farce. - 60
Variety
Picture takes genre helmer Xavier Durringer ("Chok-Dee") back to his theater roots, with most of the narrative mayhem and laughs coming from the picture's sharp dialogue and strong work by seasoned thesps, who just manage to avoid caricature. - 60
Time Out
A drama about the dirty business of gaining power, it needs bared fangs - and more bite.
