Quai d'Orsay
Quai d'Orsay is a 2010 comic book by Abel Lanzac (pseudonym for Antonin Baudry) and illustrator Christophe Blain, published by Dargaud in two volumes. The book is inspired by Baudry's experiences as a senior diplomat at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (known colloquially as Quai d'Orsay, after its location in Paris) where he worked as former foreign minister Dominique de Villepin's speechwriter for several years. The second volume won the Fauve d'or award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2013.
Quai d'Orsay
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- Christophe Blain · Antonin Baudry
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Quai d'Orsay is a 2010 comic book by Abel Lanzac (pseudonym for Antonin Baudry) and illustrator Christophe Blain, published by Dargaud in two volumes. The book is inspired by Baudry's experiences as a senior diplomat at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (known colloquially as Quai d'Orsay, after its location in Paris) where he worked as former foreign minister Dominique de Villepin's speechwriter for several years. The second volume won the Fauve d'or award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2013.
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The comic was adapted by its authors into a 2013 film titled The French Minister, directed by veteran French film-maker Bertrand Tavernier. In 2014, an English translation was released, under the name Weapons of Mass Diplomacy.
It is recorded as the work of Christophe Blain and Antonin Baudry. Recorded constituent parts are Quai d'Orsay.
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- 1.Le scénariste de « Quai d'Orsay » tombe le masque, TV5, 3 février 2013.
- 2.BD : Christophe Blain dans les coulisses du Quai d'Orsay. Les Inrocks.
- 3.Les confessions du haut fonctionnaire qui se cache derrière « Quai d'Orsay ». Le Monde.fr. 2011-12-01. 2022-06-03.
- 4.Quai d'Orsay - Grand Prix RTL de la BD 2010. Éditions Dargaud.
- 5.Palmarès des DBD Awards sur le site Internet de l'éditeur Dargaud
- 6.Page auteur Christophe Blain / Biographie. www.bibliotheque.saint-egreve.fr.
- 7.Mattéo Sallaud. Sud Ouest. 25/01/2019. BD : au festival d’Angoulême, le prix du meilleur album prend du poids chaque année.
- 8.Premio Attilio Micheluzzi – COMICON 2013.
- 9.Romain Brethes, « Quai d'Orsay, des diplomates en folie » lepoint.fr
- 10.Olivier Delcroix. Thierry Lhermitte s'est inspiré de Villepin pour Quai d'Orsay. Le Figaro. 10 janvier 2013.
- 11.François Lestavel, Un diplomate fait la planche !, Paris Match 3327 du 21 au 27 février 2013, 17
- 12.L'exercice de l'État : secrets de tournage, Allociné.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Frédéric Potet. Les confessions du haut fonctionnaire qui se cache derrière Quai d'Orsay. lemonde.fr. 1 décembre 2011.
- Vincent. Bernière. Vincent Bernière. collectif. 93. Quai d'Orsay. La bédéthèque idéale. novembre 2018. Revival. 9791096119165.
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