She schemes with brilliant aide Yazid (Reda Kateb), wheedles with discontented tenants and investigates who is behind the refugee squats that are infesting the buildings. Eventually she decides she is going to run for that third term after all, which sets the hair of her party leader, her now former protégé, and Yazid on fire. Expertly conceived and executed, and rather pertinent to French concerns especially in the light of Macron’s new plans for Marseilles. The script is very clever and perfectly paced, and the performances, particularly from Isabelle Huppert and Reda Kateb, are delightful and truly engaging. Huppert does well to reveal the edges of the character of Clémence while keeping a slight aloofness, giving her moral compass a hint of mystery as the plot develops.