In theaters: November 11th, 2011
The Conquest
Copyright © 2011 Music Box Films
Synopsis
The day is May 6, 2007, France's run-up to the presidential elections. As the French people are getting ready to go to the polls to elect their new president, presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has shut himself away in his home. Though Sarkozy soon learns he has won the election, he is alone, gloomy and despondent. For hours he has been trying to reach his wife, Cecilia, to no avail. The last five years start to unfurl before our eyes, recounting Sarkozy's unstoppable ascent to power, riddled with in-party backstabbing, media manipulation, riots, sarcastic confrontations and extra-marital affairs. THE CONQUEST chronicles the volatile right-leaning 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.
- Genre:
- Drama, Foreign
- Official Site:
- http://www.theconquestmovie.com/
- Director:
- Xavier Durringer
- Cast:
- Denis Podalydes, Florence Pernel, Bernard Le Coq, Hippolyte Girardot, Samuel Labarthe
- Run Time:
- 105 minutes
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