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The Sitting Duck (French: La Syndicaliste, lit. 'The Trade Unionist') is a 2022 French-language thriller film directed by Jean-Paul Salomé from a screenplay he co-wrote with Fadette Drouard. The film is a co-production between France and Germany.
Jun 17, 2024 · The Sitting Duck movie review: A true story of a nuclear whistleblower. The role of Maureen Kearney is tailor-made for 71-year-old Isabelle Huppert, an actor with a unique ability...
The Sitting Duck is the true story of Maureen Kearney (Isabelle Huppert), the head union representative of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse.
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Sep 2, 2022 · Read Deadline's review of Isabelle Huppert-starrer The Sitting Duck (La Syndicaliste), screening in Horizons at the Venice Film Festival.
- Stephanie Bunbury
Based on the book by German writer W.G. Sebald, The Sitting Duck is the true story of Maureen Kearney (Isabelle Huppert), the head union representative of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse. She became a whistleblower, denouncing top-secret deals that shook the French nuclear sector.
Jul 24, 2023 · Isabelle Huppert stars as Maureen Kearney, a trade union whistleblower and rape survivor who is disbelieved and charged by the French justice system. The film is a fact-based procedural that explores institutional misogyny and corporate skulduggery in the nuclear industry.
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Feb 28, 2023 · The Sitting Duck is the true story of Maureen Kearney (Isabelle Huppert), the head union representative of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse. She became a whistleblower, denouncing top-secret deals that shook the French nuclear sector.
