La Syndicaliste

A provocative and at times disturbing drawn-from-life drama that is given extra power by an outstanding performance by Isabelle Huppert.

Sometimes the best reason to watch a movie is because Isabelle Huppert is in it.

“La Syndicaliste” might have benefitted from a bit more expansiveness.

Salomé’s film pivots from itchy whistleblower thriller to irate courtroom drama, with institutional misogyny as its binding thread.

It’s quietly intriguing.

Slippery and rather disingenuous...

The film will be much clearer to the members of the audience who may already know this story, or have more familiarity with French’s political scenario.



This is a throwback to the kind of conspiracy thriller-cum-courtroom drama (tonally this feels like North Country-meets-The Accused) that Hollywood used to excel at between the 1970s and early 2000s.

Despite more than a few bumps along the way, La Syndicaliste still manages to impress thanks to Huppert’s stoic performance.

...it shows how governments increasingly act like big corporations, crafting decisions and policies under a veil of secrecy, putting capital before community.