Cannes 2011: The Conquest/La conquete Poster and Trailers

Are you ready for some new images? Trailers? I know you like to watch some nice pics while drinking your coffee and reading our reports, so here we are!

This time, Cannes again, and a fresh poster, trailers and clip from the upcoming Xavier Durringer‘s project titled The Conquest, a movie that will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18, Out of Competition. That's exactly the same day of its release in French theaters.

As you already know, The Conquest focuses on French President Nicolas Sarkozy's rise to power, telling in flashback, the story of his rise to power, kicking off in 2002 when Jacques Chirac wouldn't appoint him as prime minister.

Delving into both his personal and political life, the film has drawn comparisons to ‘The Queen' and ‘The West Wing' and should be a juicy bit of drama. The project is written by Patrick Rotman, man best known as a director of documentaries on Francois Mitterand and Jacques Chirac.

Denis Podalydès stars as Mr. Sarkozy, who previously explained:

“The goal was never to make fun of the president, but to explain with the most accuracy what is politic in France today, the political world, its submission to the media world, his efforts to both differ from the past and stick to a heritage.

From this point of view, there is necessarily some sort of comedy. The political world is a tragically funny world, any politician will agree. What might seem harsh, cruel, if you want, is the comparison between what is said in this campaign of 2007, what Sarkozy announced as a candidate, and what we can see today.”

I really love this poster. No head and very high chair – the same words that I could use to describe Mr. Sarkozy.