Stéphane Brizé's "A Good Little Soldier" continues the French director's ongoing critique of corporate culture, this time following Carla (Alba Rohrwacher), an HR manager caught between her demanding boss and the impossible pressures of modern management. Where Brizé's earlier films focused on blue-collar workers or a tormented factory boss, this one shifts to a woman navigating middle management while trying to remain a present mother, making it both a departure in perspective and a continuation of his familiar themes about individuals crushed by corporate demands.

The film opens with Carla attending an executive meeting led by company president Arnaud (Vincent Lindon), who reacts angrily to a promotional video's focus on disabled employees, setting the tone for the film's exploration of the gap between corporate image and reality. Carla struggles to balance her career with caring for her young son, whom she mostly sees via video calls, while also managing a workplace harassment case that threatens to unravel her position. The review praises Rohrwacher's performance and the film's tense realism, though notes it can feel schematic and heavy-handed in hammering home its message about shareholder value crushing ordinary workers.