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Loulou

Loulou (1980)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 64% of users liked it
    (661 ratings)

Maurice Pialat's character study eschews traditional plot development in its examination of the power of sex and passion to overturn class restrictions and social conventions. Isabelle Huppert is Nelly, a middle-class Parisian housewife, married to possessive husband Andre (Guy Marchand). When she… More

R, 1 hr. 50 min.
Directed By
Maurice Pialat
Written By
Arlette Langmann & Maurice Pialat, Maurice Pialat, Arlette Langmann
Genres
Drama, Romance, Art House & International
In Theaters
Oct 8, 1980 Limited
On DVD
Apr 24, 2001
New Yorker Films

Critic Reviews

  • Anton Bitel, Film4

    Huppert describes how Pialat would disappear from the set for days on end, leading the producers to go on frantic searches for him in all the nearby bars.

  • Anton Bitel, Film4

    This examination of class, love and sexual politics is full of nuanced observations of character, even as its narrative staggers and reels like a drunk negotiating a dark road.

  • Donald J. Levit, ReelTalk Movie Reviews

    Attractive leads and an unusual story approach outweigh the flm's defects.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Loulou is a dance macabre of three individuals trying to decide whether or not they want to change their lives.

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  • Dimitris S


    The sensuality in this movie derives from the vagabond lifestyle of both main characters,that supernatural entity inside their souls spreading like a favorable narcotic during their sexual excavations/lustful adventures and certainly,the minimal financial situation they have to deal… More

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