Le bon plaisir

Claire's handbag is stolen. It contained a letter written ten years previously by the man who is now the French President. In the letter he urges his pregnant mistress to have an abortion. Claire immediately alerts the President's men. From that moment, the machinery of state swings into action...

Directed by: Francis Girod (France, 1983)
Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant (The President), Catherine Deneuve (Claire Després), Michel Serrault (the Interior Minister), Hippolyte Girardot (Pierre), Michel Auclair (Herbert), Michel Boisrond (Prime Minister), Claude Winter (The President's wife), Alexandra Stewart (Julie Hoffman)
Genre: comedy drama
Awards : nominations (César, 1985)