What woman ! Isabelle Huppert impresses in The Syndicalist of Jean-Paul Salomé who had already directed it in The mum. This true story of a whistleblower working for Areva, attacked at home in 2012 and then accused of having invented everything before being cleared, pays tribute to this remarkable activist. A brilliant screenplay in the form of a thriller co-written by Fadette Drouard, inspired by book by Caroline Michel-Aguirre (ed. Stock) keeps the viewer spellbound whether or not he knows how this dark affair unfolded. This magnificent film is one of those that leave a lasting mark.
“I composed an imaginary character although I know that the film is based on real and proven facts, explains Isabelle Huppert to 20 minutes. I was touched by Maureen’s courage, pugnacity and temerity. The actress perfectly renders the mixture of strength and fragility of this heroine that she embodies brilliantly. Its composition upsets to the point that we are torn between the empathy we feel for the heroine and the fury to see her abused in this way.
A great example of resilience
Dragged through the mud but supported by her comrades and her husband, Maureen Kearney is a fine example of resilience that this powerful film highlights. “I was fascinated by its part of mystery, specifies Jean-Paul Salomé. We do not always understand his reactions, which the men interpreted in a rather radical way. “It is a real way of the cross that awaits Maureen Kearney abused by those who try to silence her. She sometimes bends but never gives in which makes her incredibly endearing.
“Cinema is fiction, it is above all the power of the imagination”, insists Isabelle Huppert. Ours is working at full speed by discovering the reality of what the Syndicalist experienced. Jean-Paul Salomé has signed a very beautiful film.