A COMEDY OF POWER
synopsis
Jeanne Charmant Killman, examining magistrate, must sort out and prepare for judgment a complex case of misappropriation and embezzlement of public funds implicating the president of an important industrial firm. As her investigation and interrogations progress, she realises that her power grows: the more she delves into secrets, the more her means of applying pressure increase. However, at the same time, and for the same reasons, her private life becomes more fragile. Until what point can she continue to increase this power without clashing with a power greater than her own? Until what point can human nature resist the intoxication of this power?
international title: | A Comedy of Power |
original title: | L'Ivresse du pouvoir |
country: | France, Germany |
sales agent: | Goodfellas |
year: | 2005 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Claude Chabrol |
film run: | 108' |
release date: | FR 22/02/2006, BE 15/03/2006, NL 22/06/2006, SI 27/06/2006, IT 06/10/2006 |
screenplay: | Claude Chabrol, Odile Barski |
cast: | Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand, Patrick Bruel, Bernard Renucci, Raphaël Neal, Jean-Christophe Bouvet |
cinematography by: | Eduardo Serra |
film editing: | Monique Fardoulis |
art director: | Catherine Pierrat |
costumes designer: | Mic Cheminal |
music: | Matthieu Chabrol |
producer: | Patrick Godeau, Alfred Hürmer |
production: | Alicéléo, France 3 Cinéma, Ajoz Films, Integral Film GmbH (DE) |
distributor: | Pan Européenne Edition, Paradiso (NL), Concorde Filmverleih (DE), Les Films de l'Elysée (BE), Lusomundo (PT), JMH Distribution (CH), BIM Distribuzione (IT) |