La Conquête

Dominique Strauss Kahn, current head of the International Monetary Fund and long thought to be the Socialist Party's best bet to unseat President Sarkozy in next year's election, appears to have self destructed over the weekend.  He was hauled off an Air France flight just before it left New York and charged with sexual assault by a maid at the hotel where he'd been staying.  Whether DSK is actually guilty or not, my guess is that his chances for becoming France's next president are now next to nil.  And for President Sarkozy, whose public opinion numbers are already in the toilet, this probably couldn't be better news.  And the timing is exquisite.  La Conquête, a controversial and apparently highly unflattering film about Sarkozy's bid for the presidency in 2007,  is set to release Wednesday and all the world is abuzz.

Posters for the film (which depict the diminutive Sarkozy perched on a stool, legs dangling) went up last week and everyone I've seen has been on one of these boards attached to a flagpole.  (There's even one just across the street from the Elysee.)  I haven't seen one in the subway, on a bus shelter, or on a Morris column.  Coincidence?

I'd really like to see the film but I know already from having seen the trailer that it's going to be a tough row given my French skills.  Maybe one of you fluent speakers out there would like to go with me and help me through the parts I don't get?

Update (Tuesday at 10:00 am):  Oh la la la la!  The news is moving fast.  In an interview with a German magazine, Sarkozy's father finally confirmed the rumors that have been circulating for weeks -- Mme. Sarkozy is indeed pregnant.  Now how will that play at the polls?