The Conquest(2011)

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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 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. …
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In Theaters

  • November 11, 2011

MPAA Rating

Not Rated

Genres

Drama, Foreign, Biopic, Thriller

Run Time

1 hour 45 minutes

Directors

CAST

Denis Podalyd?s

Nicolas Sarkozy

Florence Pernel

Cecilia Sarkozy

Samuel Labarthe

Dominique de Villepin

Bernard Lecoq

Jacques Chirac

Michèle Moretti

Bernadette Chirac