The Minister (French: L'Exercice de l'État) is a 2011 French-Belgian political drama film directed by Pierre Schöller.
He later attends a news interview where he is asked about the government's plans to privatize some train stations as part of a budget reform.
Bertrand is supposed to be a major facilitator of this reform, but neither he nor his friend and assistant Gilles approve the plan.
Even worse, the Prime Minister and President have already selected a new generation of assistants for Bertrand in this mission, explicitly ordering Gilles to be fired.
[5] It received four Magritte Award nominations, winning three, including Best Foreign Film in Coproduction and Best Actor for Olivier Gourmet.