Starring Thierry Lhermitte in a film by Bertrand Tavernier, "Quai d'Orsay" is a Gallic version of "Yes Minister", set in the French Department of Foreign Affairs. It follows a newly arrived employee who becomes the advisor on "la language" (essentially a Communications advisor).
It was fun, but was a lot less satirical than its English counterpart. There's little in the way of character or plot development, being more a collection of episodes and incidents that the ensemble cast flies through with vigour. Lhermitte plays the minister as a less shrewd version of Jim Hacker.
Would be a decent time-waster as a "rental".
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