The only former presidents of the French Republic who are still alive today, Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande will find themselves re-incarnated on the big screen in Présidents [+leggi anche:
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Jean Dujardin (the winner of the 2012 Best Actor Oscar and Cannes’ 2011 equivalent for The Artist [+leggi anche:
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Joining them in the cast are Doria Tillier (nominated for the 2018 and 2020 Best Actress Césars for Mr and Mrs Adelman [+leggi anche:
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Written by the director, the story sees Nicolas, a former president of the French Republic, struggling with the cessation of his political career. He believes he can make a comeback but decides to find an ally. He heads off to see François, who is enjoying retirement in the rural region of Corrèze. He tries to convince his counterpart to team up with him so as to reclaim their place in the limelight. François is on board, but Nicolas realises happiness isn’t always found where you expect it …

Discovered in Cannes’ Critics’ Week in 1993 via Les histoires d'amour finissent mal... en général, Anne Fontaine has been selected on la Croisette on two previous occasions (Augustin, in the Un Certain Regard section in 1995, and Oh La La! [+leggi anche:
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Produced by Philippe Carcassonne on behalf of Ciné@, Présidents was shot over a seven-week period in Corrèze and Paris, with Yves Angelo (who won the César in his category in 1990, 1992 and 1994, and has been nominated on three other occasions) at the helm of photography. Universal has acquired all distribution rights for the film.