Comedy of Power

{{short description|2006 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Comedy of Power

| image = L'Ivresse du pouvoir poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Claude Chabrol

| producer = Françoise Galfré

| writer = Claude Chabrol
Odile Barski

| starring = Isabelle Huppert
François Berléand
Patrick Bruel

| music = Matthieu Chabrol

| cinematography = Eduardo Serra

| editing = Monique Fardoulis

| distributor = Pan-Européenne

| released = {{film date|2006|2|16|Berlin|2006|2|22|France|df=yes}}

| runtime = 110 minutes

| country = France

| language = French

| budget = $8.2 million{{cite web|url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=359|title=L'Ivresse du pouvoir (Comedy of Power) (2006)- JPBox-Office|last=JP|website=www.jpbox-office.com|access-date=14 November 2017}}

| gross = $9 million{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=comedyofpower.htm|title=Comedy of Power (2007) - Box Office Mojo|website=www.boxofficemojo.com|access-date=14 November 2017}}

}}

Comedy of Power ({{langx|fr|L'Ivresse du pouvoir}}) is a 2006 French drama film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Isabelle Huppert.{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/346090/Comedy-of-Power/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215014647/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/346090/Comedy-of-Power/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 December 2007 |title=NY Times: Comedy of Power |access-date=30 May 2010 | first=A. O. |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author-link=A. O. Scott |date=2007 | last=Scott}} The French title means "drunk with power". The film is loosely based on a true story involving the French former oil and gas company Elf Aquitaine and judge Eva Joly.