La syndicaliste

La syndicaliste is 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.

The film naturally fell into the tradition of the great paranoid thrillers of which I am particularly fond. It tackles themes as current and burning as the place of women in the spheres of power; the importance granted to their speech; and the assumption of their madness and of their manipulative nature. The Kearney affair is the story of a whistleblower as much as it is the story of a woman in a world of men unaccustomed to seeing women risk whatever it takes to attack those at the top. This feature allows me to pursue my collaboration with Isabelle Huppert, but on a completely different register this time. And always with the will to have her embody a character anchored in reality.

PRODUCTION 1: Bertrand Faivre – LE BUREAU
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PRODUCTION 2: Bettina Brokemper – Heimatfilm GmbH + CO KG
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WORLD SALES: Clémentine Hugot – THE BUREAU SALES
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ITALIAN DISTRIBUTION: Dario Bonazelli – I WONDER PICTURES
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