Fiche Film
Cinéma/TV
LONG Métrage | 2003
Head of State
Pays concerné : États-Unis
Support : 35 mm
Durée : 95 minutes
Genre : comédie
Type : fiction

Français

La seule chose blanche, c’est la maison.
Quand leur candidat aux élections présidentielles meurt brutalement en plein milieu de la campagne électorale, contre toute attente le Parti Démocratique mise sur le conseiller municipal de Washington D.C., Mays Gilliam (Rock) pour le remplacer.

Première réalisation du célébre comédien-scénariste-animateur de talk show Chris Rock

Coécrit par Chris Rock et Ali LeRoi

English

The only thing White is the House.
When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, the Democratic party unexpectedly picks a Washington, D.C. alderman, Mays Gilliam (Rock) as his replacement

Celebrated comedian-writer-actor-talk show host Chris Rock can now add film director to his resume. Cowritten by Rock and Ali LeRoi, HEAD OF STATE follows an unassuming Washington D.C. alderman, Mays Gilliam (Rock), as he finds himself embroiled in a presidential election. Just weeks before the nation is about to elect a new president, one of the top candidates is killed in a plane crash. Plotting a future run in 2008, Senator Bill Arnot (James Rebhorn) convinces his staff-Debra Lassiter (Lynn Whitfield) and Martin Geller (Dylan Baker)-to pick a replacement who has no chance of winning. But he gets more than he bargained for when he selects Mays. At first merely thankful to be in the spotlight, Mays plays the puppet, but eventually, he uses his power to actually say something meaningful. And when he selects his bail bondsman brother, Mitch (Bernie Mac), to be his running mate, everyone is shocked to discover that Mays is giving the people exactly what they want. Rock uses his natural ability to blend humor and substance as a director, resulting in an entertaining film that pushes buttons without leaving too deep a mark.
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