L'ivresse du pouvoir (2006)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Claude Chabrol

Writers:

Odile Barski (writer)
Claude Chabrol (writer)

Release Date:

22 February 2006 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A magistrate investigates a corporate executive.

Plot Keywords:

Fraud | Gloves | Hospital | Sabotage | Bodyguard

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Isabelle Huppert	...	Jeanne Charmant-Killman
François Berléand	...	Michel Humeau
Patrick Bruel	...	Jacques Sibaud
Marilyne Canto	...	Erika
Robin Renucci	...	Philippe Charmant-Killman
Thomas Chabrol	...	Félix
Jean-François Balmer	...	Boldi
Pierre Vernier	...	Président Martino
Jacques Boudet	...	Descarts
Philippe Duclos	...	Jean-Baptiste Holéo
Roger Dumas	...	René Lange
John Arnold	...	Homme jaguar #1
Jean-Christophe Bouvet	...	Me Parlebas
Jacques Bouanich	...	Le gardien de la prison
Benoît Charpentier	...	Journaliste économique
Laurence Colussi	...	Secrétaire ascenseur
Dominique Daguier	...	Inconnu #2
Stéphane Debac	...	Flic trentenaire #1
Pierre-François Dumeniaud	...	Leblanc
Raphaëlle Farman	...	La cantatrice
Pierre-Henri Gibert	...	Larbin pôle financier
Michelle Goddet	...	Nicole Humeau (as Michèle Goddet)
Cyril Guei	...	Le diplomate africain
Fernand Guiot	...	Le Belge (voice)
Sophie Guiter	...	Evelyne
Jean-Marie Juan	...	Marco
Aicha Kossoko	...	Infirmière Jeanne (as Aïcha Kossoko)
Nathalie Kousnetzoff	...	Michèle
Pascale Mariani	...	Femme de ménage Palais
Raphaël Neal	...	Inconnu 1
Jacky Nercessian	...	Le maître d'hôtel du club
Jean-Pierre Niobe	...	Jipé
Emmanuel Noyant	...	Policier 1
Anthony Paliotti	...	Surveillant fouille
Guy Perrot	...	Le médecin
Hubert Saint-Macary	...	Le directeur de la prison
Michel Scourneau	...	Homme Jaguar #2
Yves Verhoeven	...	Benoît, le greffier
Jean-Marie Winling	...	L'homme de pouvoir
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eric Leguéret	...	Flic Trentenaire #2 (as Eric Sendra)
Pascale Michaud
Eric Moreau	...	Un client du grand hôtel (uncredited)

Directed by
Claude Chabrol

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Odile Barski		writer
Claude Chabrol		writer

Produced by
Françoise Galfré	....	executive producer
Patrick Godeau	....	producer
Alfred Hürmer	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Matthieu Chabrol

Cinematography by
Eduardo Serra

Film Editing by
Monique Fardoulis

Production Design by
Françoise Benoît-Fresco

Costume Design by
Sandrine Bernard
Mic Cheminal

Makeup Department
Fabienne Bressan	....	key hair stylist
Reynald Desbant	....	hair stylist
Axel Guemraoui	....	hair stylist
Thi-Loan Nguyen	....	key makeup artist
Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen	....	makeup artist
Jean-Christophe Roger	....	makeup artist
José Salguiero	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Grégory Back	....	assistant unit manager
Laurent Bourgarel	....	assistant unit manager
Pascale Guerre	....	assistant unit manager
Michel Jullien	....	production manager
Serge Klinger	....	assistant unit manager
Alexis Lavergne	....	assistant unit manager
Thierry Magniez	....	unit production manager
Sandrine Rouquié	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dominique Frizat	....	assistant director
Vincent Guillerminet	....	assistant director
Eymeric Ioualalen	....	assistant director
Cécile Maistre	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Pierre Galliard	....	property master
Mathieu Junot	....	assistant art director
Michel Mourgues	....	set dresser
Catherine Pierrat	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Denis Carquin	....	sound assistant
Vincent Cosson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michel Filippi	....	adr supervisor
Michel Filippi	....	post-synchronization
Thierry Lebon	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lionel Lebras	....	boom operator: post-synchronisation
Pierre Lenoir	....	sound
Anaïs Libolt	....	sound trainee
Vincent Maloumian	....	assistant foley artist
Julien Naudin	....	foley artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Michel Atanassian	....	electrician
Michel Atanassian	....	grip
Florent Bazin	....	first assistant camera
Eric Bonnaire	....	grip (as Erik Bonnaire)
Gabriele Buti	....	video assistant
Mathieu Caudroy	....	Steadicam operator
Stéphane Duchemin	....	grip
Xavier Embry	....	grip
Franck Fiquet	....	electrician
Michel Garçon	....	generator operator
Pierre-Henri Gibert	....	still photographer
Moune Jamet	....	still photographer
Laurent Lemonnier	....	grip
Margot Lestage	....	second assistant camera
Georges Manuélis	....	electrician (as Georges Manulélis)
Laurent Martin	....	electrician
Marc Mulero	....	electrician
Marc Nove	....	electrician
Dominique Robert	....	key grip
Philippe Vigier	....	electrician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sandrine Bernard	....	costumer
Laurence Glentzin	....	costumer
Hélène Kurant	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Stanislas Moreau	....	assistant editor
Olivier Rossignol	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Laurent Petitgirard	....	conductor

Transportation Department
Jean-Benoit Guillon	....	tracking vehicle driver

Other crew
Vincent Bell	....	location scout
Aurore Chabrol	....	script supervisor
Stéphanie Fouet	....	administrator
Sandrine Rouquié	....	production assistant
Eva Simonet	....	press attache

Production Companies

• Alicéléo
• France 2 Cinéma (co-production)
• A.J.O.Z. Films (co-production)
• Integral Film (co-production)
• Procirep (participation)
• Angoa-Agicoa (participation)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)
• Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (participation)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)

Distributors

• Alfa Films (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Concorde Filmverleih (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• ICA Films (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• JMH Distribution (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Koch Lorber Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Pan Européenne Distribution (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Concorde Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Koch Lorber Films (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Switzerland) (DVD) (German speaking region)

Also Known As:

A Comedy of Power (Canada: English title)
Comedy of Power (Singapore: English title)
Geheime Staatsaffären (Germany)
La comédie du pouvoir (France) (working title)
The Comedy of Power (USA) (literal English title)

Runtime:

USA:110 min | France:110 min | Argentina:110 min

Country:

France | Germany

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | France:U | Argentina:Atp | Singapore:PG | Germany:o.Al. | Sweden:Btl | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Hôpital, Le Vésinet, Yvelines, France

Company:

Alicéléo

Trivia:

Four Chabrols worked on the film: Director and co-writer Claude Chabrol, his screenplay-supervisor wife Aurore Chabrol, and his two sons: composer Matthieu Chabrol and actor Thomas Chabrol.

Soundtrack:

Peer Gynt

Not comedy as in Ha-ha.

I confess right from the beginning to being a fan of Isabelle Huppert. I am also a student of Claude Chabrol films. I say 'student', because his films are intellectual and challenging in nature. This film is a film of our times. And its themes are also timeless. The flawed protagonist, Huppert, lives shamelessly in front of the camera. She is very human, as well as idealistic. And her idealism is personal and competitive, as well as moralistic. Chabrol has captured grand corruption in a simple narrative about people alone and in conversation. Never slick, always homely and familiar. Isabelle Huppert's performance is tempered and unusually restrained. Her aptitude for endowing her characters with mannerism and eccentricity by using simple gestures and facial expressions is in full play here. This is a film that requires effort to appreciate, but it leaves you feeling quite full.