Isabelle Huppert is a rape victim whistleblower in La Syndicalist

This is a particularly violent true story. In 2012, activist Maureen Kearney she was sexually assaulted in her home as she struggled to break out a state scandal. Isabella Huppert the actor in the film who tells his story, The trade unionist.

Syndicalist trailer

A true story

The trade unionist tells the true story of Maureen Kearney, CFDT delegate at Areva. In 2012 she became informant to expose a state scandal concerning the French nuclear industry and because of which thousands of jobs have been threatened. Confronting industrialists and political figures, Maureen Kearney was sexually assaulted at her home at the time accused of lying.

Sordid illustration of how women’s voices are consistently delegitimizedthe film also shows how rape is used as a political weapon to destroy its victims.

To bring to the big screen this news where the scourge of gender-based and sexual violence runs through the political and business worldsthe director surrounded himself with a gallery of Stars of French cinema. From the trailer, we assume that Isabelle Huppert offers, as usual, a jaw-dropping performance of realism. Movie director Jean-Paul Salome he had previously collaborated with Isabelle Huppert on the film The mom, where she infiltrated a network of drug dealers. At her side we find the no less prodigy Marina Fois and the best Pierre Deladonchampswho has already distinguished himself in the very fine Tickles.

See you in the cinemas 1st March.

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