CofC Dept. of French, Francophone, and Italian Studies
and Alliance Française Ciné-Club present
and Alliance Française Ciné-Club present
The French Minister (Original title: Quai d'Orsay)
Friday, November 21, at 7 pm
Friday, November 21, at 7 pm
2013 Comedy 1h 53m
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier
at College of Charleston Thaddeus Street Education Center
Septima Clark Auditorium 118
25 Saint Philip Street, Charleston, SC 29401
Septima Clark Auditorium 118
25 Saint Philip Street, Charleston, SC 29401
A young speechwriter working in the French Foreign Ministry learns the impure nature of the political world. Based on Quai d'Orsay, a comic strip by Christophe Blain and Abel Lanzac, the film takes an initially comedic look at the French Foreign Ministry under Dominique de Villepin but moves into more serious territory as France, in co-operation with Germany, opposes the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.
In French with English subtitles. Free admission, Suggested donation $5.
Registration below