SYNOPSIS

Original Title : LA SYNDICALISTE

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. Alone against the world, she fought government ministers and industry leaders, tooth and nail to bring the scandal to light and to defend more than 50,000 jobs…Her life was turned upside down when she was violently assaulted in her own home… The investigation is carried out under pressure: the subject is sensitive. Suddenly, new elements create doubt in the minds of the investigators. At first a victim, Maureen becomes a suspect.

Cast
Isabelle HUPPERT, Yvan ATTAL, Marina FOÏS, Alexandra Maria LARA, Grégory GADEBOIS, François-Xavier DEMAISON and Pierre DELADONCHAMPS.

2022 – France, Germany – French – 122 minutes

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

WORLD PREMIERE
VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022, Orizzonti Competition

CINEROMAN – Nice, France – 2022
COLOGNE FILM FESTIVAL – Cologne, Germany – 2022
FESTIVAL DU CROISIC – Compétition – Le Croisic, France – 2022 (Chabrol d’Honneur, Isabelle Huppert)
STOCKHOLM FILM FESTIVAL – Stockholm, Sweden – 2022
MARRAKECH FILM FESTIVAL – Gala Screening – Marrakech, Morocco – 2022
LES ARCS EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL – Les Arcs, France – 2022
GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL – Glasgow, UK – 2023
DUBLIN FILM FESTIVAL – Dublin, Ireland – 2023
BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL – Hereford, United Kingdom – 2023
FESTIVAL DU FILM FRANCAIS – ROUMANIE – Romania – 2023
FESTIVAL DU FILM FRANCAIS – ATHENES – Athenes, Greece – 2023
FESTIVAL DU FILM FRANCAIS – ROME – Rome, Italy – 2023
ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL – Istanbul, Turkey – 2023
TRANSILVANIA FILM FESTIVAL – Transilvania, Romania – 2023
UNION EUROPEENNE – Brussles, Belgium – 2023
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