Le Bon Plaisir (1980)
Le Bon Plaisir is a 1984 French film directed by Francis Girod. The film relates the story of the efforts of a President of the French Republic (Jean-Louis Trintignant) informed after a number of years of the existence of a son born from an extramarital relationship with Claire, a former mistress Catherine Deneuve and using the secret services to cover up any kind of proof likely to tarnish his reputation.
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