Woman Up! 
In this whip-smart drama about corporate sexism, top French star Emmanuelle Devos plays a high-ranking executive who is forced to consider her options and marshal her forces when she realises that the glass ceiling is fast approaching.
40-something senior executive Emmanuelle Blachey (an impressive performance by Emmanuelle Devos) is approached by a club of equally powerful women who suggest she put herself forward to run France’s major water company (and be the first woman CEO of a company on France’s CAC 40). She is drawn into a vicious and bitter battle between a self-interested male business elite and a group of women determined to see change. As she tries to balance family and work, strategic relationships and business power plays take over her life.
Director Tonie Marshall captures not only a topical but also a potent portrait of the sacrifices unique to a woman’s ambition in male dominated environments. The perfect blend of twisty boardroom intrigue mixes with an impassioned message about the need for female solidarity in the workplace.
Screening as part of the 26th French Film Festival.
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