États d'âme
4
101 minutes
5/28/1986
Overview
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 List
Tchéky Karyo
as Bertrand
Robin Renucci
as Maurice
Xavier Deluc
as Michel
Jean-Pierre Bacri
as Romain
François Cluzet
as Pierrot
Sandrine Dumas
as Marie Lampert
Nathalie Nell
as Martine
Zabou Breitman
as Hélène
Martine Sarcey
as Mme Favart
Jean-Paul Roussillon
as Arnolli
Michel Berto
as Un fonctionnaire
Bernard Freyd
as Gambier
Marilyne Canto
as Catherine
Jean Lescot
as Un fonctionnaire
Pascale Bardet
as Danielle
Jean-Paul Comart
as Simard
Evelyne Didi
as Annette
Gérard Croce
as L'huissier de l'Elysée
Serge Moati
as Le ministre
Bernard Waver
as Le collègue de Pierre
Jacques Chailleux
as Le policier
Eric Elmosnino
as Le garçon qui distribue les tracts
Guillaume Le Guellec
as Matthieu
Micky Sébastian
as L'hôtel d'accueil maternité
Richard Guerry
as L'apprenti présentateur