The election, a good subject to put suspense in the cinema

"The Marches of Power" by and with George Clooney -

• To await the results of the American presidential elections, "20 Minutes" recommends a few films.

• The 7th art knew how to handle the suspense around the elections.

• Whether in the United States or elsewhere, this subject can generate excellent feature films.

To wait while waiting for the results of the duel between Joe Biden and Donald Trump,

looked at the best films featuring suspenseful elections.

If the reality is anxiety-provoking, the 7th Art is not left out.

The heroes of these films (all available on DVD or streaming on platforms) will they end up - or not - by being elected to the position of their choice, whether they are on their side or not.

In campaign with George Clooney

In

(2011), where he heads up alongside Ryan Gosling and Philip Seymour Hoffman, George Clooney turns the election campaign for the Democratic primary into a thrilling thriller.

This walk in the backwater of politics is not a healthy stroll and the spectator lets himself be caught in the whirlwind of his schemers with hazardous morality and devastating charisma.

John Travolta well surrounded

Primary Colors

(1998) by Mike Nichols is a delectable comedy in which John Travolta plays a presidential candidate loosely inspired by Bill Clinton.

Tension mounts around this idealist supported by his wife played by Emma Thompson.

The charm of Travolta and the light and refined setting make the whole highly recommendable.

Michael Douglas out of wedlock

It is not because one is a candidate for his own succession to the White House that one must renounce love.

Michael Douglas experiences this in

Rob Reiner's

(1995) where his affair with played activist Annette Bening puts his re-election in jeopardy!

We fall for this couple as for the clever scenario concocted by Aaron Sorkin.

Romantic and political!

Yvan Attal candidate

In France too, filmmakers are interested in the presidential election.

Niels Arestrup's

(2006) offers beautiful moments of tension with Yvan Attal in the title role.

He replaces at short notice a politician suffering from an incurable cancer and discovers that the members of his camp are not Care Bears.

This film deserves to be rediscovered as it is well put together.

Among the gangsters too

With the two sections of

in 2005 and 2006, the Hong Konger Johnnie To manages to impassion the spectator for the merciless war which opposes the gangsters who must elect their leader.

It is an understatement to say that the candidates use unconventional or even downright muscular methods to triumph.

Between young wolves and old men, the struggle for power is fierce.

What to let off steam while waiting for the American results.

An air of deja vu

In

(2008), Jay Roach looks back on the recount of the ballots that led to George Bush's victory over Al Gore in 2000. We obviously know the result but that does not prevent the film from raising the tension around the candidates and their entourage.

It's also a good way to understand how the American electoral system works.

Especially since all this is likely to happen again this year.

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