Isabelle Huppert, the Oscar-nominated actor of “Elle,” is set to reteam with French director Jean-Paul Salomé (“Mama Weed”) on the French thriller “The Sitting Duck.”

The movie, produced by Bertrand Faivre at Le Bureau and co-produced by Bettina Brokemper at Heimatfilm, boasts a stellar cast, which also includes Benoit Magimel, Marina Fois, Alexandra Maria Lara, Grégory Gadebois and François-Xavier Demaison.

Huppert previously starred in Salomé’s crime comedy “Mama Weed” as a French-Arabic translator for the Paris drug police who becomes a savvy wholesale pusher.

The French star will this time star as Maureen Kearney, a whistleblower who is found in her home, tied to a chair, the letter “A” carved into her abdomen, and a knife handle inserted into her vagina. Traumatized, she has no memory of the assault. But the investigation uncovers new elements leading Maureen to become a suspect.

The Bureau Sales (“True Things”) will launch the project at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris with the script, which the company’s head of global sales, Clementine Hugot, described as a “real page-turner with a strong international appeal.”

“The film is based on the true story of a courageous and determined woman, a European Erin Brockovich, in a way (…) and the environment that surrounds her story is tied to issues that transcend borders,” added Hugot.

Now in pre-production, the movie is an adaptation of the French novel “La Syndicaliste” by Caroline Michel-Aguirre.

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