La Syndicaliste (2023)

An Irish trade unionist (Isabelle Huppert) living and working in France for a nuclear power company is found gagged and bound to a chair in her home after being sexually violated and a triangle cut on her stomach. But this was no random attack but a reprisal for being a whistleblower about a secret deal between a French government owned utility company and a Chinese power company. Based on the incredible true story as documented in the non fiction book by Caroline Michel Aguirre and directed by Jean Paul Salome (LA DARONNE). An excellent film that, alas, had only a very limited release in the U.S. The movie has a familiar vibe, it's a French cousin of American films that focus on a female activist trying to expose government corruption. Think Meryl Streep in SILKWOOD or Julia Roberts in ERIN BROCKOVICH. But what it lacks in originality is made up for by a killer mesmerizing performance by Isabelle Huppert. If you're an Huppert fan (and who isn't?), this is a must see. With Gregory Gadebois, Pierre Deladonchamps, Marina Fois and Yvan Attal.