December 17, 2012 - Rambouillet "Gendarmerie, good morning."
"Good morning. I'm a day laborer at Mrs. Kearney's house."
"As soon as I arrived just now,
she was in the basement tied to a chair."
"Is she hurt?"
"This one with a sort of triangle marked on the belly and....
a knife in the..."
"Where?"
"Between the legs."
- Sir, where are you going? - I'm Maureen Kearney's husband.
Freeze, halt! Freeze!
"Is she bleeding?"
"No, because the knife was stuck through the handle."
- Mr. Hugo? - Yes.
Your wife is there. I ask you to wait for a moment.
- I'll get the rest. - Yes, please.
- Are you Mr. Hugo? - Yes.
All right, you can come in now.
No injuries. Other than the knife, was there any other penetration?
Sorry.
You can get dressed.
Would you have a paper and pencil?
I would like to write down everything that happened to me this morning.
- Yes, of course. - Thank you.
6:30-7:00, bathroom.
I put on makeup.
Suddenly they stick a cap on my head, covering my eyes.
I had the impression that there was a revolver behind my back.
He makes me sit on a bench and gags me with tape.
Then he makes me...
A FEW MONTHS EARLIER
PAKS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT HUNGARY
It's easier to fire us than to give licenses to men.
For weeks, the director has refused to negotiate.
I know, he doesn't want a social plan. That's why I'm here.
To discuss with him and find a solution.
If he fires us, what do we do?
Will we prostitute ourselves to feed our children? That's what he wants.
Listen, I'm going to demand that you pay for the training course...
...and I promise you won't be left with nothing.
Why should we believe you?
When I make a promise it is not in vain. I strive to keep them.
Mr. Kovacs.
I'm Maureen Kearney. I've come from Paris to...
I know.
These women are entitled to to severance pay.
Don't forget that you are part of of the Areva group.
I don't give a damn about unions. I follow the laws of my country.
Just send an email to Paris and you'll have have to explain yourself to my boss.
Areva Headquarters - Paris
Maureen.
- Did you see what your socialist colleagues did? - The agreement with the ecologists?
Not good for us here, huh?
12% support is not to be despised.
- We need to talk... - She's waiting for me.
That was the aim of the last trip to Japan.
I have been several times with the Prime Minister who... Yes?
- I thought you'd be late. - We're done.
He assured that he is very hopeful that we can stop the China route.
So, Maureen, what about your trip to Hungary?
What happened, what was the problem?
They are dismissing women, underperforming.
- Why, less efficient? - Less profitable.
As they never graduate even if they are ill,
accidents occur at work, manufacturing defects...
- Nothing prevents them from taking care of themselves. - No health insurance or social security?
We cannot allow female workers of a branch to be fired like this.
We need to establish a social plan, fund the training.
OK, fine. Luc, you take care of it.
I will present the idea at the next steering committee.
Thank you, Madam President.
I enjoyed seeing female solidarity...
Does that mean that when two women discuss business is not work but solidarity?
It's pathetic.
I will deal with the matter personally right now.
Thank you.
- Do you have a minute, Maureen? - Yes, I...
I won't be long, my children are coming for lunch.
Well, Maureen, this time Sarko's gonna skin me alive.
He wants to resolve my succession before the elections.
To place whom?
Anything but "a hysteric in a skirt" according to her office.
Don't tell me it's Oursel.
Luc has been pulling his chopsticks.
But that's impossible, he knows hardly anyone.
Wherever he went he never reached to the top.
And since when is it required of a man competence for the job?
It won't be easy for him.
Are you ready to attack?
All we can do is stop him from doing whatever he wants.
It makes me feel better.
Know that I will always be here to help you.
I love your earrings.
Gift from my husband.
I've been watching you for years and I never know what's in your hand.
Are you kidding? It's clear on your face that you're bluffing.
Behind that goody-goody look.
How you talk! That's not good.
- I'll get out. - Me too.
All well in Areva? All blue after Fukushima?
Don't start with your ecochat, Fiona.
It's just to distract me.
Let's recognize that we've wrecked their planet their planet. They will inherit a dump.
Enough, now it's you too?
Areva employs more than 50,000 people.
My job is to defend them.
As for the rest, I'll pay to see.
I'll get out.
Show, I'm sure there was nothing.
Of course, I knew it.
It's just a game. Take your 30 euros.
Your money is radioactive.
You are bitter today.
One day I hope you will explain to me what you have against me.
I'll tell you someday, I'm still thinking.
It does not stop vibrating. It's Areva calling you.
And back to the dismissal of Anne Lauvergeon, director of Areva.
In fact, made official last night.
Anne Lauvergeon will not serve a third term at the head of Areva.
There was a big reaction in the political world,
protesting against the decision of the head of state.
And Anne Lauvergeon's replacement is an unknown.
A great unknown.
Luc Oursel, commented yesterday on the possibility, but in a discreet manner.
For the Elysée, he would be the candidate of continuity for Areva.
Your profile and what is at stake will determine the outcome.
It is not in our nature at CFDT to be kind to our employers,
but I admire you, Mrs. Lauvergeon.
You made us abandon a dirty, filthy nuclear policy.
We love working alongside you...
...and we are proud of all that we've built together. Let's go.
Thank you, Jean-Pierre.
Thank you.
These years have been wonderful spent with you.
And I lack words to describe the strong bonds we have created together.
But today I want to say thank you.
...to the one who spared no effort to defend their interests.
To the one who sometimes sees her bosses as adversaries,
but never as enemies.
I mean Maureen, of course.
It was invaluable to have her by my side to face all those guys in suits and ties.
I remember the first time you showed up in my living room.
- It was in 1999, correct? - Yes.
- Newly elected union delegate, always intrepid,
was already one step ahead of everyone,
and I realized immediately that we would do a good job together.
And we did a good job. Thank you.
I will miss our Saturday breakfasts.
Especially the cream choux.
Choux.
Thank you.
Anne, dear, say what?
You can count on us to look after this old house.
Anyone who knows me knows that ready to let my guard down.
That's it. The struggle continues.
Bravo!
Long live Areva!
Goodbye, Luc.
I'll be back. This is my home.
That jerk won't last long in my place.
Goodbye, Anne.
Thank you for everything.
- See you soon. - See you soon.
Ms. Kearney.
Excuse me, Mrs. Kearney.
M. Oursel is expecting her in her office in 10 minutes.
Very good.
Ah, Mrs. Kearney.
Sit down.
I understand you are standing again for the presidency of the union.
Yes.
Excellent idea.
What will it be... his fifth term?
- Sixth. - You know.
social dialogue should be one of of my priorities.
And I would be happy to continue working with you in a constructive way.
My father.
Colonel of the Navy.
Like him, I have a sense of duty.
And I will do everything to get Areva.
It is my mission.
Soon I will have to travel to the Latin Center.
Who knows if you could accompany me?
In Rome?
If it is to talk about the future of Areva employees,
why not, it would be a pleasure. - Good.
We will innovate together.
And we will have a lot of work ahead of us.
May I accompany you?
Do you know our seminars on women's equality?
Of course, and I sympathize very much.
So much so that it removed them from the budget of the company's committee.
Some cuts had to be made.
To fix the disastrous management of...
And the first thing you cut is a program focused on women's rights?
It is still under study. There is nothing definite.
We'll talk about it in Rome over a grappa.
I don't drink alcohol.
You give him the grappa, you give me the seminars.
- See you later. - See you later.
I didn't tell you, but I was re-elected as a union delegate.
I thought you were going to walk away. With your new boss it will be hell.
That's why the guy is dangerous.
If I don't move, we'll lose everything.
Wonder Woman won't let go of her costume.
Wonder Woman, in minishort and her magic lasso.
I think I'm worth a little more than that, no?
You talked about changing jobs.
Just two more years, then I'll stop. It will be the last time.
It's all right.
I will continue with my concerts.
Count a few more quarters for my retirement.
Thank you, Xavier.
(In English) /Don't worry, Americans love the French accent.
Next week, if you have time read the Habeas Corpus Act, will you?
Maureen, did you see what state Philippe was this morning?
What is it?
I sent you an email. In the interview he said a lot of things about his colleagues.
The HRD almost sent him away.
I'm sorry, but I didn't have time. With Lauvergeon gone, I'm a little tight.
But it is urgent. He'll end up having a burnout.
I need to take this.
"Maureen Kearney,"
"I have information that may interest you about Areva."
Who are you?
"I work at EDF. You can call me Tirésias."
Ms. Kearney, your... your phone.
- What do you do at EDF? - This box is my life.
With the arrival of Proglio I was thrown into the corner.
Lauvergeon leaves and you are turned away.
It makes perfect sense.
Proglio wants to destroy Areva...
...and bring down EDF's entire nuclear sector.
- This is nothing new. - It's just that it's about to happen.
He is negotiating with China behind the government's back.
For what purpose?
To build nuclear power plants with them and end Areva.
Do you have proof?
A memorandum of understanding with a Chinese consortium.
Give it to the newspapers, it might interest them.
- I don't trust journalists. - Do you trust me?
You bother, you have connections.
And if the socialists are elected they will listen to you.
- Good morning, Mrs. Kearney. - Good morning, Mrs. Kearney.
- She is waiting for you. - Thank you.
- Good morning, Anne. - Good morning, Anne.
So, problems with Oursel?
- What's new? - Well...
His move now is to ally himself with EDF and the Chinese...
...in the construction of low-cost power plants.
His dream is to conquer international markets.
Behind our backs, of course.
But it wasn't that asshole's idea.
He's the one behind it all.
Oursel is just a front, it doesn't do anything.
Proglio is the enemy, he is the predator.
He is obsessed with power. The EDF was not enough...
...and now dreams of being the world's number one in the nuclear sector.
It's an obsession he won't give up.
He wants to destroy my entire legacy.
This alliance with the Chinese will be a massacre for our employees.
We need to alert politicians.
Now, on the brink of elections? No way.
No one will want to get into in that hornet's nest.
Even more so without any proof.
How did you manage that?
An EDF guy who hates Proglio.
And you never suspected anything?
If you only knew the scams they were up to.
Amazing how you managed that.
If you prove that document to be true, it will drop like a bomb.
If you mess with that, you'll be on the front line.
And without me to protect you it's going to be tough, isn't it?
Are you ready for this?
It was beginning to soften.
We then present the final results.
It's eight o'clock and François Hollande, according to our estimates.
...was elected President of the Republic with 51.9% of the vote.
SEPTEMBER 2012 MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE
I could have put on a tie.
I took off my CFDT vest, that's enough.
Whoever is received by a minister should dress like a minister.
ARNAUD MONTEBOURG, MINISTER FOR THE ECONOMY, PRODUCTIVE RECOVERY AND THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
This is not signed.
So much worry for nothing.
If they sign we will lose everything. It is a risk for our employees.
Frankly, Maureen, there are things more pressing.
Areva needs to finish the EPR construction site in Finland.
It is late, it is true.
2.6 billion fine. One arm, two kidneys.
Is that a reason to sacrifice Areva?
After Fukushima it became complicated for nuclear.
If EDF can help them through this difficult time, you can be satisfied.
It is good that French expertise can be traded with China.
And after that what?
China builds plants here causing mass unemployment?
I understand you, and you did very well to warn me.
But no one wants to harm Areva or its employees.
Who said?
Proglio?
Trust me.
The moment is one of globalization.
I can't have more power stations built in France, we already have too many.
But I will protect the know-how and Areva's employees.
That's right.
Okay, okay. Yes. See you in a minute, thank you.
After all, is Lauvergeon still your boss? You won't let her go.
Go get me a plate and cut the crap.
Gift from my spy at EDF.
Looks like an Areva flyer for the Seoul Salon.
They've changed the layout, swapped the blue for red.
It has become more Chinese.
Damn it, you're letting it rip! Give me that.
If it's not Lauvergeon it's the Chinese. Give it a rest, man!
But this is very serious, Gilles.
Ah... Come on, pick it up. Pick it up!
Call your girl. We'll buy more sausages.
Maureen is working hard. It's 24 hours a day.
It has been like this for 20 years.
Seriously, isn't it a paradise?
In a few years we can move here, slow down.
Does Maureen know?
- Maureen? - Yes?
Are you also thinking of slowing down?
Me, slow down? Why should I, I've never been one for running.
What's your deal with the CFDT? What is this madness?
Your questions with the management,
complaints with the minister, who do you think you are?
We asked you weeks ago about this Chinese project with EDF....
...and refuses to answer.
Don't meddle in company strategies, you don't understand anything.
I only understand that it is selling our technology to the Chinese.
Don't give me that. Your intrigues with Lauvergeon are just to undermine the direction.
Paranoia of you, everything is Lauvergeon.
Does it excite you, this importance that is given?
Don't touch me!
Pay attention.
If you insist, I will take the case to the courts. I have all the resources you lack.
Fucking trade unionist.
- Sir. - I am sorry, I am very busy.
Sir.
- I don't care about that. - But it is your job to preserve jobs.
- Don't you care? - No, I don't care.
- M. Delannoy. - Yes?
Read this document.
It shows how we betrayed the French sector by selling it to the Chinese.
OK, Maureen. I'll read it later, I promise.
- You have my number, call me. - Yes, of course.
Thank you.
Things are heating up at Defense.
Ah, Montebourg speaks out.
"Your lobbying of MPs needs to stop. I am in a delicate position."
- He is angry. - What do you intend to do?
If the summit has reacted, something is going on, no?
But watch your step, they are the masters of power.
If you're afraid of the big shots, fine, I'll manage on my own.
"Henri Proglio speaking.
We need to talk as you want to to dismantle the nuclear sector."
I don't want to blow anything up.
" What is your vision of the sector ten years from now?"
And be kind, spare me the ideas of Lauvergeon.
I am not kind, nor do I want to be, least of all to you.
Very well, then I would be happy to clarify your point of view.
Oh, wait, I forgot, you're not even an engineer.
A word of advice. Go back to your English courses.
What are you doing here?
Dad called me from Le Havre.
And why did you come, it was nothing.
It's for the times you came to the police station when I was a student.
That will take hours.
All right, sit down.
I didn't tell you, but I registered a police report last week.
I was smoking on the balcony and I saw a guy in a Laguna who stayed there all day.
Do you think I was watching you?
I don't know, but when I left the next day he followed me and I wrote down the license plate.
But was it just an impression or are you sure?
That's important, it's not a movie you're producing.
You look like shit.
Fiona, I'm sorry, I'm very stressed.
As always. Never accepts help from anyone.
Well, coffee sucks, would you like one?
Mrs. Kearney, you may come in.
I'll wait for you.
Come on, look out, darling!
He only hits the ball into the net, so he'll never make it to Rolland Garros.
Did I tell you that I started writing a book?
So I can settle accounts with these scoundrels.
Do you think this is a good time?
Hollande may offer you something.
With everything they're saying about us?
No, I don't think so. And I don't care.
I'll manage on my own.
It was outrageous that Areva opened investigation against her husband.
- That they accuse you of. - It's just to intimidate me.
I get anonymous phone calls, threats.
They think they frighten me. Let them come.
I hired a bodyguard for my children.
You should also take precautions.
They won't go easy on you, especially being a woman.
Who exactly am I guarding against? Apart from Oursel and his group.
Alexandre Djouhri, Sarko's accomplice, the guy with the dirty jobs.
At the moment you are watching me. Then it will be you.
I find it hard to believe that...
If they want to take revenge, they will, believe me.
What about our case, where do we stand?
I have moved heaven and earth but no one listens to me.
It needs to go higher. Much higher.
The President?
What if this EDF guy who passes us information disappears?
That's quite a coincidence, isn't it?
You told me I could count on you.
We will rely even more on each other.
They want to add more presentations, but if I want I can ask them to replace me.
No need, after all I'm so bogged down.
"The last concert will be on Monday. I can come back on Tuesday."
Maureen, can you hear me? Can you hear me?
- Yes! - I thought you fell.
- The signal here is weak. - Yes, the connection is terrible.
"Well, I need to load the van. A kiss."
Other.
Gilles! Hello?
"Mind your own business. Last warning."
EDF's internal bulletin disclosed this information.
Avignon last month.
Proglio and his black cabinet threaten journalists who talk about this deal.
What black cabinet? Ukraine is not.
No, but there is piracy involved, and data theft.
Wait a minute. Hold on.
Have you seen this guy?
Alexandre Djouhri? A madman. He acts as intermediary in sensitive matters.
- Does he carry the documents? - And a few other things.
You're not telling me everything. And Lauvergeon?
You did engineering together, didn't you?
Hey!
Areva is a company in recovery.
We have finally achieved cash balance, which has not happened for eight years.
Here is proof that you are lying, Mr. President.
What did you negotiate with the Chinese and with EDF before agreeing to sign this agreement?
It will be your fault if this deal falls through and people lose their jobs.
Well, we started to understand each other. It's about time.
Did you at least inform the government?
And why should I answer him?
You are a lackey of this Lauvergeon.
A blatant liar who will take nothing for granted.
She has balls, as you say.
I also have evidence.
I know what you are up to in your secret meetings.
Don't justify your failures with fanciful plots.
You're Proglio's lackey.
Good morning, this is Maureen Kearney.
I would like to arrange a meeting with President Hollande.
As soon as possible. It is urgent.
Very well. Next Monday.
I will arrange it at your convenience.
Thank you.
Maureen, how are you?
You have had a traumatic violent right shoulder injury
...with damage to the tendons of the cuff.
That's what causes this pain, you see?
You need to avoid carrying anything.
Are you sure you want to go?
You have to think about your health.
A little pain in the shoulder in the face of 50,000 jobs is nothing.
It's more than a little pain.
I won't stop until I take the skin off these bastards.
This is becoming an obsession. It's becoming unbearable.
Thank you for your support.
Take a look at the electrical panel.
- I've hung up. - Are you sure?
Good morning.
Ah, shit!
Can I leave it at the station?
Sorry for the delay.
Thank you, thank you very much.
You were not invited.
- What do I do? - Go.
- I will? - Yes.
Sit down.
You think you're going to force me with your courtroom threats?
Obstruction of justice? Are you serious?
Mr. Oursel, you have one week to answer our questions...
...concerning this alliance between EDF and the Chinese.
Is that blackmail?
You think I'll be bullied by some female trade unionist?
Mr. Oursel, I am supported by 50,000 wage earners.
- Not counting a few. - And Mr. Hollande, I imagine.
- Hm-hmm. - You are a mythomaniac!
For months I've been sacrificing my life to save Areva.
I will not allow you to stand in my way.
I will tear you to pieces.
Take the case to court. Do it if it amuses you.
Now out.
Out!
Goodbye, Mr. Oursel.
I'm going to sleep. I have a busy day tomorrow.
Do you want me to accompany you to the doctor?
No, it's not worth it.
And in the evening I will have a meeting with Hollande.
It's my last bullet.
If nothing comes of it, I don't know what I will do.
Maybe a hunger strike.
Well, good match.
Call me, huh?
If you find a horse's head in our bed.
Hello?
- Everything all right? - Yes, yes.
You think you're scaring me? You're wasting your time.
DECEMBER 17, 2012
Maureen!
I'm home!
Maureen?
Are you up there?
Ah, Alto...
My puppy...
Good morning, my puppy.
Maureen.
Maureen... Maureen?
- Mae help. - Yes...
- Ouch! - Oh, sorry.
What happened?
I don't know what happened.
I don't know...
Let me help you... I'll take that off.
Sorry...
I have been working for a year now on a sensitive case involving Areva.
I had a meeting with President Hollande.
I think it has to do with that.
Is there nothing else you can tell?
Have you experienced any kind of pressure?
I'm used to it. It's part of my job.
And outside of work, do you have enemies?
"Maureen Kearney was attacked at home. What's the story?"
And does it cross your mind that I would be involved in this?
"It's your job to calm things down."
When will this bullshit with the unions?
I'm doing everything I can not to catch fire, Mr. Minister.
With his antics we ended up having a diplomatic incident with China.
Do you think this is how we will sell our plants?
This guy drives me crazy...
- Good evening. - Good night. Good night.
I'm going for a walk with Alto. Do you want to come?
Go.
- Good morning, Sergeant. - Good morning, sergeant.
Did you see anything?
Regarding the attack on Mrs. Kearney.
Go ahead.
I seem to have inherited her temper. Which doesn't make things any easier.
But we are very close.
I'm going to lean back.
How are things with your wife?
We have been living together for 20 years. Naturally we have ups and downs.
But the love continues.
Our relations have always been strictly professional.
I never had a more with Mrs. Kearney.
Although we maintained friendly ties after my departure from Areva.
Maureen is a woman of grit, but I felt she was at her limit.
She should have stopped.
It has gone too far.
What kind of woman is she?
I would say she is a simple woman, straightforward.
She is feisty, full of energy.
And the most surprising thing is...
...yet there is a fragility that requires a need to feel supported.
Do you think Mrs. Kearney might feel slighted by her husband?
What would explain her so involved with this case?
You don't know Maureen. Your job is your adrenaline.
In my view this is an attempt at intimidation.
She must be bothering someone.
Her living room.
Did Ms. Kearney ever complain about of being pressured?
Yes, especially in what involved the agreements between EDF and China.
What the... shocked. What obsessed her, anyway.
Maureen is a woman of grit.
But in that case, it was no use. Nobody believed her.
She didn't know what else to do to get them to listen to her.
Ms. Kearney is a unimportant little trade unionist.
He made up stories that went to his head.
He wanted to appear his political connections.
I know Ms. Kearney was under pressure.
Within weeks he began clashes with management...
...questioning the projects between Areva and China.
Do you think the attack was linked to your trade union activities?
It would be hard to imagine.
- You've been my patient for ten years. - Thank you.
Did you or do you still have any psychological over Mrs. Kearney?
Is that really a question?
If my diarist hadn't called the police, I would never have done it.
I would have dropped everything. My job and everything.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
I'm Pierre Bachman, I have an appointment with Mrs. Kearney.
- Yes, they warned us. You can come in. - Thank you, sir.
- It has just come out. Haven't you read it yet? - No.
I can no longer read, not even the newspapers.
It's my fault.
I didn't take the threats seriously, the pressure.
Come on, it was my fault. Besides, I'm not dead.
I'll eat later.
Where do you stand with Oursel?
Did he show you the deal with the Chinese?
Not yet.
Have you signed?
No.
The committee decided not to...
Put yourself in our shoes. We are all still in shock.
All wondering who will be next.
You can take your babysitter, I'm not eating anymore.
- Rest, forget all about it. - Forget it?
You want to see the "A" carved on my belly with the knife?
Have you gone mad? What are you doing?
I couldn't stand to look at them any longer.
You can't destroy a crime scene like that.
After all, they could contain evidence.
Were these chairs seized as evidence? No.
- And the police will think what? - They don't give a damn.
Did you see what they took for analysis?
Everything will be fine.
This time I will be here by your side.
My role as a lawyer is to help her clear up this attack.
Thank you.
My aim is to show that you have been victim of a destabilization operation.
- Who tried to shut her up. - But who?
EDF? Areva? It will be difficult to prove that they would go that far.
We will find out.
And it doesn't matter who it hits, because the truth is on our side.
Well, I have to go.
I have an appointment with my psychiatrist.
And I need to go to the hairdresser.
But it is for you that we are doing this.
It is also for me that I do all this.
Well, I'll leave my card if you need me.
- Your dog looks gentle. - Yes, but he's quite old.
Have you made an appointment with my husband?
Thyrethesias, no?
He will not come.
Died two weeks ago. Heart attack.
Let's go?
I am sorry.
Were you having an affair with him?
No, he just helped me.
It may sound ridiculous, but I needed to know.
You make the kind of woman he liked.
Take care. See you later.
I'm going to Paris, guys. I miss the pollution of the capital.
- Do you want me to bring some fine particles? - Thanks. Have a nice day.
Good morning, yes...
All up!
I'm glad you're reacting.
It depends on the day.
How are you?
A new government comes in, I think I'll be called and nothing.
Just rumors and more rumors.
All because of me.
Come on, in this whole story we are both the victims.
Do you know if the investigation is progressing?
Some colleagues talk about an intermediary....
interested in the commissions he received.
Kickback, like for Taiwanese frigates.
Did you know that they talk about us both a lot at social gatherings?
From us?
Why?
They said I was the one behind the leak about the Chinese contracts.
That you would be my orange and that I asked you to sacrifice yourself...
...to save my empire.
This is typical of Oursel.
Pretty soon they'll be saying that we were having an affair.
Did you talk about our meetings with the researchers?
Um... no, I don't think so.
My head is a bit fuzzy these days.
But you need to know.
It is important.
Come to think of it, I'm sure it doesn't.
He said nothing to the investigators.
You did well, you shouldn't. People are always looking for a scapegoat.
This story of middlemen and bribes should be passed on to the investigators.
But for whom? By me?
It would have more credibility, wouldn't it?
Why did you hide the fact that you were going to Paris?
We know that you met with Lauvergeon in Lutetia.
I thought you were there to protect us, not to spy on us.
You have been summoned to attend to the medico-judicial unit.
They are waiting for you.
Shall I drive you?
See you later.
If you consent, I will carry out another gynecological examination.
I will also need to see the mark that left on your womb.
Wait two minutes, I won't be long.
If you don't mind, I'd like to to do one last examination.
Which test?
I ask you to sit down so I can try to insert an 8 cm speculum into your vagina.
The same size as the knife handle.
Do you have the right to do that? Did the sergeant ask for it?
We'd just like to check a few things, with your permission
What if I refuse?
If I refuse?
I'll put some lube on it.
It won't take long. Spread your legs.
Now relax.
All right?
Yes, that's fine. Why do you ask?
Okay, that's it. See, it was nothing.
- What is it? - Is anyone there?
I felt a hand.
Thank you, it's okay, it's okay....
It's your arm. You must have slept on it.
You are completely insensitive.
You need to move, it's just a cramp.
There you go.
We will circulate the blood.
It will pass.
It's been so long since I've had a massage.
Are you up for it?
With all these policemen scattered around the house?
To hell with them.
Come.
My diarist arrived. It was hours before she arrived.
He didn't kill me.
I'm in my bathroom, putting on makeup.
I was going to make my bun.
I was in the kitchen before, having a cup of tea.
I drink a lot of tea.
Can you get me a cup of coffee?
I'll be right back.
It's crazy, she says everything so naturally.
If she doesn't contradict herself by telling it backwards, it can only be the truth, right?
Or you've memorized everything like a good mythomaniac.
Let it soak for ten minutes then take it to my living room.
If one were a man with a knife stuck up his ass, would he believe it?
Have you seen the coroner's report?
It is impossible to keep the knife in the vagina for six hours without expelling it.
Has your doctor heard of Tampax?
So when he covers your eyes, you don't defend yourself.
I was terrified. I was paralyzed.
Did you shout?
I think so. But nobody could hear me.
Did you see something in the bathroom mirror?
No, nothing.
Was your dog indoors?
Did he speak out?
It hasn't moved. It's an old dog.
And when he carved the "A" in his womb,
did you not fight?
It was strange. I saw myself from the outside.
It didn't hurt.
After his attacker left...
...you tried to untie yourself, get out of the chair?
There was no way.
I thought he had eviscerated me. I could feel the...
...my bowel in my lap.
The warmth of my intestines.
You read a lot of crime novels, don't you?
What interests you so much about reading?
Mainly, why did you underline all those passages?
According to the doctor, she does not behave like a rape victim.
Do you think she might have made it all up?
Even in the threats she received there is no clue.
We are only conjecturing.
In the absence of an aggressor there was no aggression.
A mounted coup, in short.
Would self-harm be too much?
We did a search on her psychiatrist.
A copy of the medical report.
You will see that you are psychologically very fragile.
An outbreak, who knows?
There is a lot of political pressure on this report.
The top brass thinks she's at risk.
You can't afford to make any slip-ups.
And neither do I.
In the CFDT I was elected and I fought. I fought to approve a real social plan.
They're talking about you in Libération.
I hope it's not bullshit.
A STATE SECRET
"Kearney, a signed assault?"
I must be dreaming. So to them I'm an alcoholic gone mad.
Thanks for making me read that. Here, you can use it as a napkin.
She's stressed, Daddy.
It's difficult! It is exasperating!
We have to live with strips, journalists spreading personal news.
Well, I find these guys in uniform very sexy.
I think I'll spend the night here. Don't you love me?
If you want, I can ask to replace me.
No, concerts will do you good.
What do you hope will happen here now?
Go, before I change my mind.
Thank you.
Come on, boys.
Just one more, please. Stay a little longer.
- All right, but it will be the last one. - Good. Good.
Do you accept a bald man?
- Thank you for coming. - It was no trouble at all, my friend.
We haven't seen each other for a while. How are you?
Ah... bad.
There is no end to this story. It's hurting me.
The trade unionist?
Any clues?
The sergeant in charge of the investigation has serious doubts about what she tells.
Is that so?
Did you know that she attempted suicide a few years ago?
As I said, this woman is a madwoman.
She wants to implode everything, she's a real kamikaze.
Montebourg seems to think that she has a lot of clout.
Power of inconvenience, that is.
She makes me look like an incapable person. Put yourself in my shoes.
I'm tired of being a scapegoat trying to fix other people's shit.
I hope you will resolve this case as soon as possible.
"Mrs. Kearney? Sergeant Brémont."
Could you come tomorrow with your husband at the gendarmerie?
Mr. Hugo, this way, please.
- All right, Maureen? - Yes, everything's fine.
You will need to be strong and keep calm.
- Good morning, Mrs. Kearney. - Good morning, Mrs. Kearney.
You may enter.
Sit down.
From now on he will be in custody.
They suspect that he has made an imaginary crime report.
But this is absurd!
Ms. Kearney,
The analyses done in your home are official.
Apart from his fingerprints and those of his family, nothing was found.
- He was wearing gloves. - Even gloves leave traces.
Particles.
Nor is there any trace of DNA.
But that is not possible.
You are right, it is not possible.
But aggression without traces of aggressor I do not know.
Thus, the investigation for rape is closed.
Maureen, as crazy as it may seem,
you go from being a victim to that of a suspect.
There is no evidence or witness to support his claim.
But I was threatened, raped!
And the scar, who made it?
Let go of me, let go! Don't touch me!
Please.
Do you know this tape?
It's not just any tape, it's adhesive tape.
It looks like one I use in my work, I have a stock at home.
These pieces came off the handcuffs of his wife.
Just like your tape.
Stop talking tape. And I'm not the only one in France to use it.
The ribbon, the cap, the knife.
Everything that was used to assault his wife came from his home.
Professionals coming in empty-handed is very strange, no?
His neighbors saw nothing.
In his house no trace of strangers.
The guy wouldn't spread DNA all over the place, right?
Understand, Mr. Hugo, we don't believe your wife's version.
This story of the Chinese contract
...it really messed with her, didn't it?
It would be best if you helped us to make her confess.
You people are sick.
One is enough.
Thank you.
Well, do you accept that we continue the questioning?
- Can I go to the toilet first? - Of course, of course. I'll ask you to come with me.
Is your wife a former alcoholic?
She's in psychiatric treatment, no?
So what?
We wondered if she hadn't prepared everything before the day laborer arrived.
The handcuffs with the ribbon. Even a child of ten could do it.
Well...
- Let's just leave it at that. - Calm down. Mr. Hugo.
Do you want me to calm down?
So you think she's unbalanced to do that? Mutilate herself?
They are delirious!
- Sit down. - I'll sit down if you like!
Am I being accused of something?
Please.
He told his lawyer that it would be good go to your house.
...to reproduce the circumstances of the day of the assault.
Would you agree?
I was doing my makeup.
Suddenly they put a cap on my head.
And in front of the mirror did you not see the face of his aggressor?
No.
Well... go on.
I felt like a revolver in my back.
He made me sit on this stool.
He put a patch over my mouth.
He made me get up and took me forcibly to the laundry room.
We will follow her.
Wait a minute. Didn't you say your dog was unresponsive?
He is deaf. Sometimes he hears, sometimes he doesn't.
So it's up to you, is that it?
He made me sit on a chair.
And where is that chair?
- They brought back bad memories, we.... - We burned it.
Very good.
I'll take another one.
Once seated then.
He started tying, first my feet, then my hands.
He gets nervous, I can't see anything.
He says it is the final warning.
I thought he was going to stab me.
Then he began to scratch out some lines on my belly.
Was he already carrying the knife by then?
No, the knife he found here, it's ours.
- Where do you usually keep them? - Second drawer on the right.
It needs to lift a little in the corner.
Very good.
In your opinion, whose interest would it be to to silence her?
To the middlemen, perhaps.
- In that kind of contract... - But do you have proof?
You are completely alone.
Everyone has abandoned her.
Starting with your husband.
Do you want him to tell you personally?
And the "A" inscribed on its belly....
...was it to compromise Areva?
And burning the chairs was to get rid of the evidence?
In which detective novel did you find all this out?
And most importantly,
why didn't you try to expel the knife out of her vagina?
I tried... I think.
It would be better if you told me the truth.
Frankly, you are not helping.
I don't like people like you.
Don't you think you've gone too far?
If you don't confess,
a media steamroller and judicial steamroller will crush you.
You will never get over the consequences.
Nor his family.
Then tell the truth.
Speak now, it will be simpler.
So!
I don't want that to happen again.
After what you have lived through...
...it is normal to lose control.
I made it all up. I imagined everything.
I must have had an outbreak.
Can I have a cigarette, please?
Thank you.
- Are they leaving? - Yes.
Thank you for everything.
E...
Maybe it shouldn't but...
On behalf of my colleagues I would like to say...
Anyway, be vigilant. Be careful.
Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. Oursel, your table is ready.
Thank you very much.
I'll talk to Cazeneuve. See you later.
Excuse me, I'll be right back.
Mr. Minister, have you heard the latest?
Didn't I?
The trade unionist is a complete nutter.
She made it all up, it was all set up.
I heard it on the radio. But let's wait.
Do you still have doubts?
From the beginning I said that this woman was crazy, completely crazy!
If you were up to it, none of this would have happened.
I'm dizzy... dizzy.
Have you taken your medicine? Luc!
Breathe.
- I'm feeling sick... sick. - I'll get your medicine.
Here.
What do you do for a living to come to a place like this at this hour?
- I'm a writer. - Ah.
Which gender?
- Crime novels. - I love cops.
What are you writing at the moment?
I write about a woman who forges her own rape.
How awful!
How awful.
And how does it end?
Good morning, Maureen. It's Jean-Pierre.
Despite everything that has happened, for us you will always be the victim.
That's it. A kiss.
What is it?
- Sergeant, you need to see this. - Yes?
On June 22, 2006, three hooded men assaulted a woman. assaulted a woman.
Her husband worked at Véolia, a water distributor.
They raped her, branded her skin.
Well, crazy people are everywhere.
The modus operandi is very reminiscent of that of Maureen Kearney.
No trace, witness, DNA traces.
Wouldn't it be nice to have a cross-over?
What do you have to give to the newspapers?
The Commission no longer has the report.
Neither did the Versailles prosecutor's office.
- Everything has been destroyed. - Naturally, that is the procedure.
- Yes, but... - Enough, Chambard, wake up!
The prosecutor will receive your confession in writing. The Kearney case is closed.
Stop wasting your time. That is an order.
You may leave.
So, was it serious?
Serious is what happened here yesterday with those policemen.
That was no big deal.
Do you want me to retract of what I said?
Nothing you said holds up.
It makes no sense at all.
If we insist on it, it will drag on for years, we will be crushed.
I will write a confession, turn the page.
All that remains is to explain how she managed to to tie herself up.
Want to show me? Want a roll of duct tape?
You do this to protect us, but I'm sure you will regret it.
I don't understand, you don't say anymore that you suffered a burnout.
Burnout does not cause such things. In that case it would be more, as you would say....
An outbreak, as in Munchausen's syndrome.
When you invent imaginary symptoms to attract attention.
As no one would listen to me.
that I was under pressure, that I was walled in.
my only solution was to make myself victim.
With a rape, an assault, it would be inevitable.
I would force people to listen to me, I would be the center of a state affair.
It works.
What is it?
Are you sure?
I, Maureen Kearney, declare....
...inserting a knife...
No, you are right.
It is not possible.
I can't... I could never get over it.
APRIL 18, 2018
Mrs. Kearney!
The judge is not available. The hearing has been postponed.
And the reopening of the inquiry? Rape with cruelty.
I made an appeal at the civil court, but so far no reply.
And this judge is doing what, it is his duty to listen to me.
- Calm down. - No more telling me to calm down!
To extort confessions they know how to find me.
Now to reopen my case they don't have time!
- Get off me, it's hurting! - It's okay, it's okay. Let's go out.
Don't worry, everything will be fine.
We will repair your shoulder, and we're going to put a drain in it.
FOUR YEARS LATER
April 2017
In France, prosecutions for allegations of of imaginary crime are very rare.
The charges against you are flimsy. The case would be dismissed.
But we need to talk about something I found in your file.
What?
Her first rape.
What intrigues me here is that at the time....
...the defense lawyers were able to question the veracity of their allegations.
Yes.
Because at the time, when this guy who gave me a ride.
...he advanced on me inside the car the car, I didn't defend myself.
Right, but there's another problem in that aggression.
Yes, because I didn't wear.... panties under my clothes?
- That's right. - But I was 20 years old.
So the rapist benefited from mitigating circumstances.
He only got three years in prison, two of which were on parole.
Maureen, the court at the time did not believe you.
Because even then I wasn't a good victim?
Is that it?
PALACE OF JUSTICE OF VERSAILLES MAY 17, 2017
You may stop. As I have already explained, this court has no jurisdiction to modify...
- I'm not going to prison. - Calm down, everything will be fine.
She has a reputation for being stern but fair.
Case number three...
Prosecutor v. Maureen Kearney,
for false accusation to a judicial authority
...resulting in futile investigations.
Mrs. Kearney, you don't drink in courtrooms, this is no picnic spot.
He wanted to approach the bank and identify himself.
My name is Maureen Kearney.
She says she was the victim of rape accompanied by torture
and abuse at his home on December 17, 2012.
The investigation conducted by the Versailles Inquiries Department...
raised several inconsistencies in his statement
and yourself during questioning.
...admitted to inventing the facts before recanting.
I remind you that you will be subject to maximum of six months' imprisonment
and a fine of EUR 7,500.
How do you respond to the accusation of reporting an imaginary crime?
I am innocent.
I was actually assaulted on December 17, 2012.
What time?
Between... 6:30 and 7:00, I believe.
That's what I said in my statement.
I don't ask what you memorized with your lawyer,
I ask what you remember.
There is a lot that I don't remember anymore.
When one finds oneself facing death...
...the brain does not react normally.
You were used to playing hardball, your life as a trade unionist was not easy.
Apparently, you handled very badly with these fights.
You personalized your clashes with Mr. Oursel.
No, I...
No, I did not customize anything.
Luc Oursel was extremely angry, he was known for it.
Too bad his illness took him so soon, I would have liked to hear his side of the story.
Yes, that question was bad for his health, it ate you up inside.
Well, let's get to the facts. What did you have against him?
Mr. Oursel was stressful, even violent,
threw a chair at me.
You've been attacking him for weeks, it blew up, wasn't that to be expected?
You were obsessed with this business with the Chinese.
Your daughter says you had suicidal tendencies.
He started taking antidepressants the day before the events reported.
These drugs cause hallucinations, don't they?
But no, I...
It was not a daydream.
How do you explain someone assaulting you completely unarmed?
I have no reason to explain, I have not assaulted anyone.
Her attacker would have started tying his feet before his hands.
It is equally illogical that he tied his hands from behind with adhesive tape.
On the other hand, it would be compatible if you had tied them yourself.
No?
The fact that he pulled down his pants would not be logical from the point of view of the aggressor.
Simpler would be for him to have torn them up.
Didn't he wear panties under his pants?
Another inconsistency.
Six hours would have passed between the robbery and the arrival of his diarist.
Six hours during which he had any physiological reaction
...to expel the knife from her vagina.
How do you explain this?
Mrs. Kearney?
Can you answer that question?
"Maureen."
Maître Duchesne speaking.
The court has already ruled.
You have been found guilty.
She was sentenced to five months of conditional imprisonment
...and a fine of 5,000 euros.
It was a good result.
Be, was, were, been.
Start.
Begin, began.
Began.
For you, Mr. General Secretary of the Federal Union of Trade Unions in the Nuclear Sector.
Do we have to call him sir now that he is part of the elite?
Just you asking me.
Play, it's your turn.
But beware, sometimes we think we can change the world and pay too much.
I decided to appeal.
Are you sure?
Have you spoken to your lawyer?
No, not yet.
I will first ask to reopen the file.
Find new leads.
Or rather, search.
Try to understand.
And then I...
...I will look for another lawyer.
I hit!
With that, I win.
It will be organic, natural and made using the best artisanal techniques.
Thank you, Minister, for your participation.
After the commercial break, we will have Virginie Desfontaines...
...with the latest news from 18:00.
Mr. Minister!
I'm Gilles, Maureen Kearney's husband.
Ah, Maureen.
It was unfair what happened to her. How is she?
He is slowly recovering.
That's good. That case was a scandal.
I understand she is going to appeal. I understand very well.
Tell him that if he wants, you can count on me.
Honestly, I hope she is acquitted and that they find the perpetrators of this mischief.
Courage.
Gilles, wake up! The alarm!
Call the fire department! Call the fire department!
Are you crazy? Let's go!
Get off me!
Well...
Strange, I couldn't say where the fire originated.
But it has been contained, there is no more danger. You can go home.
Good morning. Thank you.
12/7. Everything is fine.
Is that what you risk your life for?
I did not lie.
My criminal record says I'm crazy, a liar.
I did not lie!
Whatever you think.
Fuck nothing!
I have to find the fault. It's my last chance
I have to find what proves that I didn't lie.
Well...
And the next time?
Uh...
If the whole house had turned to ashes,
how would we...
Do you need help? It doesn't seem practical to do it alone.
And before he tied his hands I should have already put the cap on my head.
Not to mention the rest.
No one has tried that.
No one ever asked me how I had done it. Isn't that crazy?
Close the curtains. If anyone sees, your case is over.
- Good morning, Mrs. Kearney. - Good morning, Mrs. Kearney.
It was kind of you to receive me.
I hesitated.
Revisiting you is not particularly pleasant, Ms. Chambard.
I understand perfectly.
Can we sit down?
I was an assistant at the time.
He did not agree with the way they were conducting their investigation.
You mean the one that said I made it all up?
During the investigation I discovered something.
It didn't convince my superiors, but....
Emmanuel Depret, former director of Véolia: "I'm threatened with death".
PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION - HEARING Julie Depret - wife
Too bad I didn't do it sooner....
- Can I have that? - Yes, of course.
"At the time my husband was engineer at Véolia.
For water treatment.
He was working on the launch of a major business...
... billions of dollars to the Gulf countries.
It was at a lunch with investors that they introduced him..."
...to the one without whom Henri Proglio is nobody.
Alexandre Djouhri.
A few days later at another lunch,
...the tone has become harsher.
Djouhri wanted 20% commission.
The investor refused and my husband supported him.
He was fired from Véolia for an unfounded reason.
Djouhri and the investor made headlines headlines after a fight at Georges V.
My husband reported to the courts the bribes paid by Véolia to the Middle East.
Our life has become a living hell.
We started receiving threats.
We filed a complaint, it became a horror movie.
"Closed Mouth", "You're Dead" graffiti on the car, on the mailbox.
One afternoon I was alone at home.
I worked at home.
The children had just gone to school.
It was hot and the door to the garden was open.
There were three men dressed in black, wearing masks.
When they came in I couldn't do anything else.
It was impossible to defend myself.
They took me to the kitchen,
they tied my hands, stretched me out on the table.
They carved a cross in my womb and....
...a coffin above the left breast.
Then the three of them raped me.
One after the other.
It must have been hours, at some point I fell unconscious.
When we reported it, the...
...the police officer said it should be a of professionals,
who found no fingerprints or DNA.
There was no clue and my account was not very coherent.
They thought I had made it all up.
This research is of no value.
I've never seen anything like it.
The report is full of errors, untruths asserted without proof.
It only proves one thing. The conviction of the police officer who wrote it.
I am honored that Ms. Kearney has chosen me for her defense.
Mr. Temime proved that it would be impossible
...having tied my own hands behind my back.
On account of my shoulder,
as he had suffered a ruptured of the cuff of the right shoulder.
The surgeon who operated on me was a witness.
Other new pieces will also allow us to finally bring the truth to light.
Can you tell us more?
There is the complaint made by the wife of a Véolia executive....
...for a similar assault to that of my client.
No one knew about it.
The press reported nothing, or almost nothing. A few articles.
What is your theory?
I do not exclude the possibility that they were the same perpetrators in both cases....
...six years apart.
In the choice of victims, two women with complicated pasts,
with a certain inner fragility,
having already suffered sexual assault.
A perversity whose purpose was to break them.
Women seen as vulnerable by men who left no loose ends.
Do you have proof?
Come in.
- Ms. Kearney. - Good morning, Mr. Brémont.
I have made a point of informing you personally that you will be summoned to appear before the court.
I filed an appeal.
Well, here are the records of phone calls from 2012
I have underlined here... the two anonymous calls.
Those that were not of your investigation.
Well, that's it. I have to go.
It's just one of the ways you can stop making a victim out to be the guilty party.
See you in court, Mr. Brémont?
Goodbye, Mr. Brémont.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
Maureen! Maureen! Maureen!
We're all here. Oh, shit! Oh, shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit!
Maureen! Maureen! Maureen!
Fortunately for my client, her spirit allows her to detach from her body.
Of not screaming in pain when your attacker forcibly inserts something into your vagina.
Knife that she did not feel.
In fact, she feels nothing.
You don't know who you are anymore, what's going on.
It is no longer present.
She was criticized for not defending herself,
that he didn't try to let go,
of being in a state of shock.
It also conveniently forgets,
that the slightest movement of the shoulder
resulted in an electrical discharge throughout his body.
A wounded, tortured body,
taken by surprise, blindfolded,
who did not defend herself against an attacker who she didn't even know was armed.
Ms. Kearney was not a good victim.
A real victim, according to the investigators,
does not behave that way.
It is also forgotten that the fingerprints taken belong to the left hand.
...of Mrs. Kearney, who is right-handed.
Proof that he could not use his right hand,
let alone tying your hands behind their backs with adhesive tape.
None of the DNA analysis on the objects at the crime scene have been preserved.
None!
The material confiscated for laboratory has disappeared.
All the samples are gone.
As if by magic.
From the beginning, Maureen Kearney was suspected of being a mythomaniac.
Why?
Oh yes!
There was that first sexual assault.
Does that mean that because she was a victim of rape at the age of 20,
Ms. Kearney would have been led to invent another?
Is Ms. Kearney guilty today for being a victim yesterday?
Is that what you meant, Your Excellency?
On November 7, 2018, the Versailles court of appeal...
...acquitted Maureen Kearney of all charges.
In its judgment, the court denounced the flaws in the investigation.
First example:
"They said that we must always wear our school uniform."
Following this judgment, no investigation was opened into Maureen's attack.
No, that's my ball!
To date, her attacker has not been identified.
In 2016, when Areva was decommissioned,
the "reactors" sector was transferred to EDF
which has retained only 1,200 engineers from Areva.
EDF then joined forces with with the Chinese group CGNPC
for the construction of nuclear power plants in England,
thus giving you access to the know-how and technologies developed by Areva.
Thus, as of 2020, China started to build
...100% Chinese nuclear power plants to sell them around the world,
including in France.
Committee Room Committee of Inquiry
Commission of Inquiry into the French Nuclear Sector
Ladies and gentlemen, I ask for silence.
The section will start.
Ms. Kearney, I'm asking you to take your oath,
to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth,
to raise his right hand and say: "I swear."
I swear.
I thank you. You have the floor.
Thank you, Mr President.
Rapporteurs, Members,
after the dismantling of Areva and the debacle that followed,
as I feared and kept repeating for months,
thousands of jobs have been destroyed.
Of those thousands of victims, without names, without faces, without voices,
you can look as hard as you like, in the press, wherever,
there is nothing left, no trace, just me.
I am the only one who still has a name, a face and a voice.
For a long time I was "The Trade Unionist of Areva".
At least, that's what they called me.
My name is Maureen Kearney.
I did not lie...
...and I didn't make anything up.
For Hélène, my sister.
Henri Proglio denies any involvement in the actual or alleged assaults....
...of two people whose existence he was unaware of, during his tenures at the head of the EDF.
Neither the police nor the courts have questioned him.
As to the excusable proximity between EDF, Areva and the Chinese,
the Inspectorate General of Finance has taken the case to the courts...
but no censure was given to Henri Proglio, the government was informed of everything.
Anyway, the only scene in the movie in which Henri Proglio appears....
is only a "small distortion of reality", according to the director.