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Louise-Michel

France

2008

94 Min
Color
1.66:1
French
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DIR Gustave de Kervern, Benoît Delépine

EXEC Elisa Larrière

PROD Benoît Jaubert, Mathieu Kassovitz

SCR Gustave de Kervern, Benoît Delépine

DP Hugues Poulain

CAST Yolande Moreau, Bouli Lanners, Benoît Poelvoorde, Albert Dupontel, Joseph Dahan, Mathieu Kassovitz, Agnès Aubé, Philippe Katerine

ED Stéphane Elmadjian

PROD DES Paul Chapelle

MUSIC Gaëtan Roussel

San Sebastián (Competition): Best Screenplay, Sundance (World Cinema - Dramatic Competition): Special Jury Prize, COLCOA

Synopsis

What to do when the workers of a factory have been laid off overnight? Louise has an original idea: why not pool the compensation money to … hire a hit man and to liquidate the boss? Motion accepted so Louise goes in search of the gem they need and unfortunately comes across Michel, a stinky security specialist. Michel, who is busted, gladly accepts the deal but proves so inept that he sub-contracts the job to improbable novices. Moreover, as the factory was a mere branch of a multinational company, it is no bed of roses to find the one who actually made the decision to outsource its activities. But Louise will not give up so easily. —IMDb

Director

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Gustave de Kervern

Gustave de Kervern (born 1962) is a French film actor, director and screenwriter. He is best known for his collaboration with Benoit Delepine. In 2004 he wrote, directed, and starred in Aaltra with Benoit Delepine. Also with Delepine, he has directed and starred in Avida, which was screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. The duos film Louise-Michel won a Special Jury Prize at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Their latest film Mammuth starred Gérard Depardieu and Isabelle Adjani. It was nominated for the Golden Bear award at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. —Wikipedia 

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Benoît Delépine

Benoît Delépine (30 August 1958 –) is a French comedian and film director. He is known for his satirical activities on TV channel Canal+.

Director of the TV program Guignols de l’info for many years, he currently writes TV programs about the fictional country of Groland. He also plays the cynical journalist-reporter Mickael Kael.

In the cinema, Delépine has written and performed in two films. Mickael Kael contre la World News Company, a chess commercial, reprising two elements of the fictional career of the director: his role as a reporter for Groland and the World Company, which he contributed to create for Les Guignols.

In 2004, Aaltra, which he wrote, directed, and starred in with Gustave de Kervern enjoyed critical success. The two companions from the Groland adventure wrote and directed it as a road movie where two enemies travel the roads of northern France and Finland following an accident. Also with Gustave Kervern, he has directed and starred in Avida… read more

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I love this movie. It is so much fun! The characters and little comical elements are very original and cute. And there is this subtile critic of capitalism which is powerful exactly because it's so overlayed with humour.

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Louise-Michel review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
“Let’s off the boss!”Louise-Michel is a try-hard, darker than black comedy tribute to anarchy and at its core honours the real life anarchist of the same name, but seems to have confused intentions and
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Louise-Michel review

By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
“Let’s off the boss!”Louise-Michel is a try-hard, darker than black comedy tribute to anarchy and at its core honours the real life anarchist of the same name, but seems to have confused intentions and
→ read on Twitchfilm.net

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