États d'âme

The story

In this political drama, five left-leaning friends gradually lose heart in the Socialist government elected in 1981 in France. One of the five men is a television broadcaster; the others are a teacher about to become an academic inspector, a tax man, the director of a cultural center, and a sociologist who is about to step into a ministerial position. Their interlocking lives are told in alternating vignettes over a four-year period, and the professions director Jacques Fansten has chosen for his main characters seem to be a comment on the media, education, budget or finance, the arts, and government bureaucracy under Socialist rule.

Cast

T Tchéky KaryoBertrand R Robin RenucciMaurice X Xavier DelucMichel J Jean-Pierre BacriRomain F François CluzetPierrot S Sandrine DumasMarie Lampert N Nathalie NellMartine Z Zabou BreitmanHélène M Martine SarceyMme Favart J Jean-Paul RoussillonArnolli M Michel BertoUn fonctionnaire B Bernard FreydGambier

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M Marilyne CantoCatherine J Jean LescotUn fonctionnaire P Pascale BardetDanielle J Jean-Paul ComartSimard E Evelyne DidiAnnette G Gérard CroceL'huissier de l'Elysée S Serge MoatiLe ministre B Bernard WaverLe collègue de Pierre J Jacques ChailleuxLe policier É Éric ElmosninoLe garçon qui distribue les tracts G Guillaume Le GuellecMatthieu M Micky SébastianL'hôtel d'accueil maternité R Richard GuerryL'apprenti présentateur