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.
Isabelle Huppert
Maureen Kearney
Marina Foïs
Anne Lauvergeon
Alexandra Maria Lara
Julie Depret
Grégory Gadebois
Gilles Hugo
François-Xavier Demaison
Jean-Pierre Bachmann
Pierre Deladonchamps
Chief Warrant Officer Nicolas Brémont
Gilles Cohen
Maître Hervé Témime
Yvan Attal
Luc Oursel
Aloïse Sauvage
Captain Chambard
Geno Lechner
Véronique
Yves Heck
Doctor Medical-judicial unit
Sébastien Corona
President of the Commission
Clément Giren
Areva Executive
Yassine Douani
CFDT colleague
Andréa Bescond
President Tribunal
Antoine Basler
Gendarme (The Unknown)
Radostina Rogliano
Woman in courtroom audience at both trials
Eszter Popp
Hungarian worker
François Perache
Maître Duchesne
Christophe Paou
Arnaud Montebourg
Mara Taquin
Fiona Hugo
Christian Hecq
Tirésias
François Loriquet
Prosecutor
Saadia Bentaïeb
Madame Tirésias
Olivier Loustau
François
Ambroise Sabbagh
Investigator
Omar Salim
Investigator
Anne-Lise Kedvès
Maria, cleaning lady
Éric Frey
MRI Doctor hospital
Alex Lajoie
Hospital on-call doctor
Nadine Schwitter
Hungarian interpreter
Kinga Schmidt
Hungarian worker
Marcus Jakovljevic
Kovacs
Grégoire Roqueplo
Areva Executive
Hervé Dandrieux
CFDT colleague
Sara Ginac
Areva colleague
Bernard Gabay
Henri Proglio
Candide Sanchez
Hospital gendarme
Nicolas Martinez
Hospital gendarme
Nicolas Merle
Gendarme Protect
Rebecca Finet
Boss of roadside restaurant
Benjamin Gaitet
Fireman at the shed
Caroline Michel-Aguirre
Journalist at the Hyatt
Joy Ezan
Areva Executive
Felix Bruneau
Cedric Cirotteau
Gendarme (uncredited)
Niko Ravel
Helmut Müller (uncredited)
Xavier Desmoutiers
Gendarme (uncredited)
Julien Desjardins
Bodyguard (uncredited)
Teddy Candela
Private chauffeur (uncredited)
Joanna Gagueche
Party girl (uncredited)
Christian Skibinski
Visitor (uncredited)
Jeremy Zocca
Lutetia Reception Host (uncredited)
Director, Writer
Jean-Paul Salomé
Book
Caroline Michel-Aguirre
Writer
Fadette Drouard
July 22, 2023
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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.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
French
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$3,900,000.00