Film

États d'âme

1986 · 1h 41m · Comedy · Drama

IMDb

4.6

In this political drama, five left-leaning friends gradually lose heart in the Socialist government elected in 1981 in France. One of the five men is a television broadcaster; the others are a teacher about to become an academic inspector, a tax man, the director of a cultural center, and a sociologist who is about to step into a ministerial position. Their interlocking lives are told in alternating vignettes over a four-year period, and the professions director Jacques Fansten has chosen for his main characters seem to be a comment on the media, education, budget or finance, the arts, and government bureaucracy under Socialist rule.

Tchéky Karyo

Bertrand

Robin Renucci

Maurice

Xavier Deluc

Michel

Jean-Pierre Bacri

Romain

François Cluzet

Pierrot

Sandrine Dumas

Marie Lampert

Nathalie Nell

Martine

Zabou Breitman

Hélène

Martine Sarcey

Mme Favart

Jean-Paul Roussillon

Arnolli

Michel Berto

Un fonctionnaire

Bernard Freyd

Gambier

Marilyne Canto

Catherine

Jean Lescot

Un fonctionnaire

Pascale Bardet

Danielle

Jean-Paul Comart

Simard

• Jacques FanstenDirector · Writer
• Claude ZidiProducer
• Marie-Dominique GirodetProducer
• Dominique ChapuisDirector of Photography
• Jean-Marie SéniaOriginal Music Composer
• Nicole SaunierEditor

Release date

May 28, 1986

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Comedy, Drama