The Elf Case

5

France

Drama History TV Movie

114 min

2007

Aladin Reibel Robert Castel Wladimir Yordanoff Pascal N'Zonzi Michel Voïta Nicole Garcia Nadia Kibout Philippe Nahon Claude Brasseur Alex Descas

In 1988, after much cunning political maneuvering, Loïk Le Floch-Prigent and Alfred Sirven become the chief executives at Elf. They discover a company that runs on kickbacks: in exchange for the oil rights, Elf makes handsome but discreet payoffs to the leaders of African nations. With the tacit complicity of President Mitterrand, and with eventual political and personal interests in mind, the new management takes charge of the slush fund. Within months, Sirven, Le Floch-Prigent and his wife Fatima Belaïd fill their pockets with more than they could ever have imagined.