LOUISE-MICHEL
France
2008
93 minutes
After the factory she works in is shut down overnight without warning, a destitute, illiterate worker convinces her laid-off colleagues to pool their indemnities and hire a contract killer to dispose of the boss. Politically incorrect black comedy that pushes the boundaries most other black comedies never even get near in a low-budget, often improvisational style, even at the risk of being occasionally offensive or missing the targets; but, remarkably, it's never offhand or gratuitous, and there's a genuine style at work here.
MNP Entreprise presents an MNP Entreprise/No Money Productions/ARTE France Cinéma production, with the participation of Canal Plus, Cinécinéma and Centre Nationale de la Cinématographie.
Starring Yolande Moreau, Bouli Lanners; with special guests Benoît Poelvoorde, Albert Dupontel and Mathieu Kassovitz.
Directed and written by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern; produced by Mr. Kassovitz and Benoît Jaubert; music by Gaëtan Roussel; director of photography (GTC), Hugues Poulain; production designer, Paul Chapelle; costume designer, Cécile Roullier; film editor, Stéphane Elmadjian.
Screened: distributor advance press screening, Medeia King 1 (Lisbon), June 11th 2010.
2008
93 minutes
After the factory she works in is shut down overnight without warning, a destitute, illiterate worker convinces her laid-off colleagues to pool their indemnities and hire a contract killer to dispose of the boss. Politically incorrect black comedy that pushes the boundaries most other black comedies never even get near in a low-budget, often improvisational style, even at the risk of being occasionally offensive or missing the targets; but, remarkably, it's never offhand or gratuitous, and there's a genuine style at work here.
MNP Entreprise presents an MNP Entreprise/No Money Productions/ARTE France Cinéma production, with the participation of Canal Plus, Cinécinéma and Centre Nationale de la Cinématographie.
Starring Yolande Moreau, Bouli Lanners; with special guests Benoît Poelvoorde, Albert Dupontel and Mathieu Kassovitz.
Directed and written by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern; produced by Mr. Kassovitz and Benoît Jaubert; music by Gaëtan Roussel; director of photography (GTC), Hugues Poulain; production designer, Paul Chapelle; costume designer, Cécile Roullier; film editor, Stéphane Elmadjian.
Screened: distributor advance press screening, Medeia King 1 (Lisbon), June 11th 2010.
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