page_title: The French Minister
section_title: Cast
hierarchical_section_title: The French Minister / Cast
caption_attribution_description: English: Dominique de Villepin (then French foreign minister).Français&#160;: Dominique de Villepin, alors ministre français des affaires étrangères.
context_page_description: The French Minister is a 2013 French comedy film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. 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.
  It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. In January 2014, the film received three nominations at the 39th César Awards, with Niels Arestrup winning the award for Best Supporting Actor.
context_section_description: Thierry Lhermitte as Alexandre Taillard de Worms (based on Dominique de Villepin), French Minister of Foreign Affairs
  Raphaël Personnaz as Arthur Vlaminck, a young speechwriter
  Niels Arestrup as Claude Maupas, the phlegmatic civil servant who actually runs the ministry
  Julie Gayet as Valérie Dumontheil, special adviser on Africa
  Jane Birkin as Molly Hutchinson, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
  Anaïs Demoustier as Marina, Arthur's fiancée
  Alix Poisson as Odile, Maupas' secretary
  Sonia Rolland as Nathalie, special adviser on relations with Parliament
  Marie Bunel as Martine, the minister's secretary
  Thomas Chabrol as Sylvain Marquet, special adviser on Europe
  François Perrot as Antoine Taillard
caption: The minister character is based on Dominique de Villepin.[7]
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