The Sitting Duck

The Sitting Duck

2023 · 122 min · FR · 7.1 (71 votes)
Dir. Jean-Paul Salomé · Starring Isabelle Huppert, Grégory Gadebois, Marina Foïs, Alexandra Maria Lara, Pierre Deladonchamps, François-Xavier Demaison · Music Bruno Coulais
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The true story of Maureen Kearney, 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.

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This film feels like a suffocating descent into paranoia. It's a tense, unsettling journey where trust erodes, and the line between victim and suspect blurs. A gripping, gritty look at corporate power and personal sacrifice.

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