Louise-Michel (2007)
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80% of critics liked it
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58% of users liked it
(649 ratings)
Absurdist duo Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern follow-up 2004's Aaltra with this sparse black comedy in which the recently-fired female employees at a children's clothing factory pool their funds to put a hit on their callous boss. Out of work and down on her luck, ex-con Louise (Yolande… More Absurdist duo Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern follow-up 2004's Aaltra with this sparse black comedy in which the recently-fired female employees at a children's clothing factory pool their funds to put a hit on their callous boss. Out of work and down on her luck, ex-con Louise (Yolande Moreau) proposes to her jobless sisters that they do something useful by ridding the world of the man who put them all in their current situation. But while security specialist Michel (Bouli Lanners) seems like the perfect candidate to carry out the hit, his ineptitude is so great that he attempts to sub-contract the job to a series of inexperienced - and highly inappropriate - assassins. Notorious Belgian actor Benoît Poelvoorde cameos as a nut-job 9/11 conspiracy theorist, and actor/director Mathieu Kassovitz turns up as an organic hotelier. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern
- Written By
- Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Dec 24, 2008 Wide
Critic Reviews
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David Jenkins, Time Out
Offers a rousing reminder of the power (and eccentricities) of the pissed-off proletariat.
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Graham Young, Birmingham Mail
Even by English-language black comedy standards, it's a decidedly odd mixture of fun and revenge.
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Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK]
Some definite laughs.
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Julian White, Little White Lies
Definitely more enjoyable when you break it down into bits and pieces in your head afterwards.
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John Ferguson, Radio Times
Although directors Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine strive a little too hard at times for outrage, it's still wickedly funny, and Moreau and Lanners are terrific as the grotesque anti-heroes.
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Cast
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Yolande Moreau
as Louise
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Bouli Lanners
as Michel
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Benoît Poelvoorde
as Guy the Engineer
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Yannick Jaulin
as Bank Employee
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Albert Dupontel
as Miro
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Philippe Katerine
as Himself
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Mathieu Kassovitz
as B&B Owner
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Francis Kuntz
as Flambart
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Christophe Salengro
as The Go Go Dancer
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Sine Bundgaard
as Michel's father
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Robert Denis
as Le vigile
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Miss Ming
as Jennifer
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Jean-Luc Ormières
as The businessman
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Sylvie Vanhiel
as Sylvie
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Lemi Cetol
as L'homme à la colerette, L'homme à la co...
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Robert de Houx
as The Priest
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Jacqueline Knuysen
as Jackie
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