Le candidat (2007)
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Cast
Yvan Attal, Stefania Rocca, Niels Arestrup, Clotilde de Bayser
A last-minute replacement candidate races to prepare for a televised debate while trying to win over an unimpressed public.
The story
Shortly before a presidential election in a European country, Michel Dedieu replaces his party’s candidate, who has withdrawn because of rapidly progressing cancer. The day after the first round, Michel has little time to prepare with his inner circle for a televised debate against his opponent. Unpopular with the media and the public, he must improve his image and sharpen his arguments. He organizes a working weekend at his estate, where he is initially docile and complies with his team’s demands.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Shortly before the presidential election in a European country, Michel Dedieu stepped in at the last minute to replace his party’s candidate, who had been forced to withdraw because of a rapidly progressing cancer. The day after the first round, he has very little time left to prepare, with his inner circle, for the televised debate against his opponent. Unpopular with the media and the public, he must improve his image and sharpen his arguments at all costs. To that end, he organizes a working weekend at his estate. At first docile and vulnerable, the candidate complies with all his team’s demands. But when he reaches the point of exhaustion, he discovers that he is in fact trapped in a terrible manipulation, from which he will escape only by playing his own game.
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