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La Syndicaliste
La Syndicaliste

6.8

La Syndicaliste

NR·2023·122m

Summary

The true story of Maureen Kearney, the head union representative of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse. She became a whistleblower, denouncing top-secret deals that shook the French nuclear sector. Alone against the world, she fought government ministers and industry leaders, tooth and nail to bring the scandal to light and to defend more than 50,000 jobs.. Her life was turned upside down when she was violently assaulted in her own home... The investigation is carried out under pressure: the subject is sensitive. Suddenly, new elements create doubt in the minds of the investigators. At first a victim, Maureen becomes a suspect.

Cast

Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Huppert

Maureen Kearney

Marina Foïs

Marina Foïs

Anne Lauvergeon

Alexandra Maria Lara

Alexandra Maria Lara

Julie Depret

Grégory Gadebois

Grégory Gadebois

Gilles Hugo

François-Xavier Demaison

François-Xavier Demaison

Jean-Pierre Bachmann

Pierre Deladonchamps

Pierre Deladonchamps

Chief Warrant Officer Nicolas Brémont

Gilles Cohen

Gilles Cohen

Maître Hervé Témime

Yvan Attal

Yvan Attal

Luc Oursel

Aloïse Sauvage

Aloïse Sauvage

Captain Chambard

Geno Lechner

Geno Lechner

Véronique

Yves Heck

Yves Heck

Doctor Medical-judicial unit

Sébastien Corona

Sébastien Corona

President of the Commission

Clément Giren

Clément Giren

Areva Executive

Yassine Douani

Yassine Douani

CFDT colleague

Andréa Bescond

Andréa Bescond

President Tribunal

Antoine Basler

Antoine Basler

Gendarme (The Unknown)

Radostina Rogliano

Radostina Rogliano

Woman in courtroom audience at both trials

Eszter Popp

Eszter Popp

Hungarian worker

François Perache

François Perache

Maître Duchesne

Christophe Paou

Christophe Paou

Arnaud Montebourg

Mara Taquin

Mara Taquin

Fiona Hugo

Christian Hecq

Christian Hecq

Tirésias

François Loriquet

François Loriquet

Prosecutor

Saadia Bentaïeb

Saadia Bentaïeb

Madame Tirésias

Olivier Loustau

Olivier Loustau

François

Ambroise Sabbagh

Ambroise Sabbagh

Investigator

Omar Salim

Omar Salim

Investigator

Anne-Lise Kedvès

Anne-Lise Kedvès

Maria, cleaning lady

Éric Frey

Éric Frey

MRI Doctor hospital

Alex Lajoie

Alex Lajoie

Hospital on-call doctor

Nadine Schwitter

Nadine Schwitter

Hungarian interpreter

Kinga Schmidt

Kinga Schmidt

Hungarian worker

Marcus Jakovljevic

Marcus Jakovljevic

Kovacs

Grégoire Roqueplo

Grégoire Roqueplo

Areva Executive

Hervé Dandrieux

Hervé Dandrieux

CFDT colleague

Sara Ginac

Sara Ginac

Areva colleague

Bernard Gabay

Bernard Gabay

Henri Proglio

Candide Sanchez

Candide Sanchez

Hospital gendarme

Nicolas Martinez

Nicolas Martinez

Hospital gendarme

Nicolas Merle

Nicolas Merle

Gendarme Protect

Rebecca Finet

Rebecca Finet

Boss of roadside restaurant

Benjamin Gaitet

Benjamin Gaitet

Fireman at the shed

Caroline Michel-Aguirre

Caroline Michel-Aguirre

Journalist at the Hyatt

Joy Ezan

Joy Ezan

Areva Executive

Felix Bruneau

Felix Bruneau

Cedric Cirotteau

Cedric Cirotteau

Gendarme (uncredited)

Niko Ravel

Niko Ravel

Helmut Müller (uncredited)

Xavier Desmoutiers

Xavier Desmoutiers

Gendarme (uncredited)

Julien Desjardins

Julien Desjardins

Bodyguard (uncredited)

Teddy Candela

Teddy Candela

Private chauffeur (uncredited)

Joanna Gagueche

Joanna Gagueche

Party girl (uncredited)

Christian Skibinski

Christian Skibinski

Visitor (uncredited)

Jeremy Zocca

Jeremy Zocca

Lutetia Reception Host (uncredited)

Crew

Director, Writer

Jean-Paul Salomé

Book

Caroline Michel-Aguirre

Writer

Fadette Drouard

Reviews

Geronimo1967

Geronimo1967

July 22, 2023

6

Isabelle Huppert is quite impressive here as the human resources executive Maureen Kearney. Determined to work to secure decent working conditions for tens of thousands of staff working for the French Nuclear power enterprise AREVA. Her work doesn't exactly make her popular, but when her CEO ally Anne Lauvergeon (Marina Foïs) is forced out by political manoeuvring at the Élysée Palace she is faced with a much more hostile management. Pretty soon she fears that she is becoming the victim of a conspiracy and that comes to an head when her husband (Grégory Gadebois) and the police are summoned to their home where she has been tied to a chair and brutally assaulted. It's at this point that the police investigation takes rather a surreal turn, when investigating officer Brémont (Pierre Delasonchamps) starts to suspect she made it all up - and she is duly tried for that crime... To be honest, this isn't as good a film as it could have been. It's a bit too wordy and for me, anyway, way too much time is spent on the preamble, establishing her credentials, and not enough time putting the meat on the bones of this most curious of conspiratorial narratives: the trading of technologies between the French and Chinese companies that may have undermined their own industry and put many jobs, if not national energy security, at risk. The police investigation and the rather rushed developments thereafter that affected this this lady for five years afterwards are also rather undercooked. It's a pretty savage indictment of the French justice system, the policing procedures and it makes you realise that when the law is against you, you need a very good lawyer - which she certainly did not have - if you are to have any chance of survival in the court room! Certainly worth a watch, though - just a shame it didnt dig deeper.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

French

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$3,900,000.00

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