La Syndicaliste (2023)

March 1, 2023 (DE) • Thriller, Drama, Mystery • 122m

Overview

The true story of the Irish national Maureen Kearney- head tradeunion representative-turned-whistleblower of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse. After denouncing top-secret deals that shook the sector, Kearney’s life is suddenly turned upside-down when she is violently assaulted in her own house.

Director

Jean-Paul Salomé

Writers

Fadette Drouard, Jean-Paul Salomé

Top Billed

Isabelle Huppert

Keywords

based on novel or book investigation nuclear power plant based on true story union threat sexual assault whistleblower

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Top Billed Cast

Isabelle Huppert

Maureen Kearney

Grégory Gadebois

Gilles Hugo

Marina Foïs

Anne Lauvergeon

Alexandra Maria Lara

Julie Depret

Pierre Deladonchamps

Chief Warrant Officer Nicolas Brémont

François-Xavier Demaison

Jean-Pierre Bachmann

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)

Crew

Zoé Caillet

Assistant Costume Designer

Bettina Brokemper

Co-Producer

Fadette Drouard

Writer

Bertrand Faivre

Producer

Juliette Denis

Casting

Sascha Ossendorf

Additional Grip

Tom Hashemi

Extras Casting Assistant

Chloé Guedeney

Second Assistant Director

Christian Schanzenbach

Set Dresser

Caroline Wormser

Casting Assistant

Valérie Deseine

Editor

Virginie Berland

Wigmaker

William Costet

Machinist

Marc Geimer

Location Scout

Marie Le Guen

Assistant Location Manager

Falk Wenzel

Set Dresser

Isabelle Kramrick

Extras Casting

Mathieu Thouvenot

First Assistant Director

Erik Merten

Production Driver

Anaïs Sergeant

Script Supervisor

Guy Ferrandis

Still Photographer

Dorothee Leuck

Location Scout

Jean-Paul Salomé

Director

Julien Hirsch

Director of Photography

Louis Bart

Sound Editor

Dolores Sánchez

Makeup & Hair

Xavier Drouault

Foley Artist

Damien Guillaume

Sound Editor

Bruno Coulais

Original Music Composer

Marc Doisne

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Benjamin Viau

Foley Mixer

Frédéric Souquet

Hairdresser

Marité Coutard

Costume Design

Thi-Loan Nguyen

Makeup Artist

Susanne Woerle-Jiritano

Makeup & Hair

Françoise Dupertuis

Production Design

Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen

Makeup Artist

Thomas Wargny Drieghe

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Stéphane Foenkinos

Thanks

Antoine Chazaud

Assistant Production Design

Françoise Dupertuis

Art Direction

Paul De Laroche

Set Decoration

Jean-Paul Salomé

Writer

Caroline Michel-Aguirre

Book

Tamara Saint Léger

Legal Services

Aïn Varet

Editor

Anne Lessnick

Line Producer

Jean-Christophe Colson

Line Producer

Christoph Schilling

Sound Engineer

Vincent Gadelle

Associate Producer

Thibaut Granier

Visual Effects Supervisor

Albert Goldberg

Stunt Coordinator

Marie Cantet

Casting Assistant

Martin Peignier

Location Assistant

Reviews

CinemaSerf

⭐ 6/10

July 22, 2023

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.

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Revenue

$3,900,000

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La Syndicaliste (2023)

Fadette Drouard, Jean-Paul Salomé

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