The Conquest (2011)

"La conquête" is the story of Nicolas Sarkozy's (Denis Podalydes) rise to (or Conquest of) the office of French president from 2002 to his election in 2007, and how that conquest paralleled the collapse of his marriage to wife #2 Cecilia Sarkozy (Florence Pernel). From this movie I learned two things, 1) Nicolas Sarkozy is kind of an opportunistic dick, and 2) he loves chocolate. A talkie movie that's doubtless more interesting if your French, and have a better idea of what's going on and who all these people are. It was just interesting enough to hold my attention for its 105 minute running time, but I can't say much else for it. **