Shortly before the presidential election in a European state, Michel Dedieu stepped in at the last minute to replace his party's candidate, who was forced to withdraw due to a rapidly spreading cancer. The day after the first round, he has very little time to prepare with his close team for the televised debate that will pit him against his opponent. Unpopular with the media and the public, he must improve his image and refine his arguments at all costs.
Acting
Yvan Attal's sweaty desperation is *chef's kiss*
Direction
Arestrup squeezes every drop of panic from 24 hours
Director
Niels Arestrup
Yvan Attal
Michel Dedieu
Niels Arestrup
Georges
Maurice Bénichou
maxime
Guillaume Gallienne
sam
Clotilde de Bayser
Christine Challe
Sophie Broustal
Nicole
Cyril Couton
Edouard
Alain Doutey
Le docteur Mascard
Bruno Esposito
Le garde du corps de Michel
Laurent Grévill
Philippe Challe
Thierry Hancisse
Eric Carson
Isabelle Le Nouvel
Nadia
Marc Rioufol
Le journaliste
Stefania Rocca
Laura Dedieu
Fabio Sartor
Luigi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Arestrup based the televised debate chaos on real French electoral disasters from the 2000s, when unprepared candidates imploded live.
The entire film was shot in 18 days with handheld cameras to maintain that documentary-level panic—Attal reportedly threw up from stress after one 12-minute take.
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