Union representative Maureen Kearney, Huppert’s real-life role in her latest film, Jean-Paul Salomé’s La Syndicaliste, was sexually assaulted, scarred and tied up in her home shortly before ...
La Syndicaliste also highlights Huppert’s subtle skills of internalised thought, communicating character though her face barely flickers, like a Gallic, dramatic Buster Keaton. “Sometimes in movies, ...