On September 20th, French distributors Gaumont will release Xavier Durringer's La conquête a.k.a. The Conquest (2011), starring Denis Podalydès (Une affaire d'état), Florence Pernel (Trois couleurs: Bleu), Bernard Le Coq (Caché), and Samuel Labarthe (Les égarés). The film offers a look at French President Nicolas Sarkozy's rise to power.