Maurice Pialat's portrait of contemporary France mocks prosperity as a substitute for social and sexual revolution. Nelly abandons her bourgeois friends and a steady relationship for the ...
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| Isabelle Huppert | ... | Nelly | |
| Gérard Depardieu | ... | Loulou | |
| Guy Marchand | ... | André | |
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Humbert Balsan | ... | Michel |
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Bernard Tronczak | ... | Rémy (as Bernard Tronczyk) |
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Christian Boucher | ... | Pierrot |
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Frédérique Cerbonnet | ... | Dominique |
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Jacqueline Dufranne | ... | Mémère |
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Willy Safar | ... | Jean-Louis |
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Agnès Rosier | ... | Cathy |
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Patricia Coulet | ... | Marité |
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Jean-Claude Meilland | ... | Jean-Claude, le gars du casse |
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Patrick Playez | ... | Thomas |
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Gérald Garnier | ... | Lulu |
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Catherine De Guirchitch | ... | Marie-Jo |
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Maurice Pialat's portrait of contemporary France mocks prosperity as a substitute for social and sexual revolution. Nelly abandons her bourgeois friends and a steady relationship for the unemployed layabout Loulou, whose charms include focusing his energy into sex. Written by <dbc@star.sr.bham.ac.uk>
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Brilliantly Observed... Depardieu And Huppert Perform Remarkably. See more »Parents Guide:
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3 September 1980 (France) See more »Also Known As:
A vagány See more »Company Credits
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(Armand Canfora (as Canfora) - Richard Anthony (as Anthony) )
par Richard Anthony (as R. Anthony)
Disques Pathé. Editions Marconi
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Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. See more »Alternate Versions
The New Yorker Films American DVD release is the edited version eg the first sex scene between Loulou and Nelly is much longer in the video edition. See more »Connections
Featured in Sneak Previews: Victory/Condorman/Loulou/Under the Rainbow (1981) See more »Soundtracks
La nouvelle vaque(Armand Canfora (as Canfora) - Richard Anthony (as Anthony) )
par Richard Anthony (as R. Anthony)
Disques Pathé. Editions Marconi
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Pialat's underrated masterpiece, "Loulou" is a incredible impressive film, mostly because it can explore so many themes, and the way Pialat succeeded to tell this story about a confused "love". Before he made another masterpiece, "À nos amours" (1983), he made this, which every thing sounds and feels real, therefore his character never fell superficial. Nelly (Isabelle Huppert) is emotionally trapped between the simple minded Loulou (Gérard Depardieu) and her aggressive and manipulative husband André (Guy Marchand). "Loulou" is about the freedom that Nelly is looking for, and she believes that this freedom is in her new love affair, Loulou, but yet she is still confused to live with a unemployed man or go back to her boring life. The coldness and detachment that Pialat uses never seems or fell exaggerated, but yet it is still possible to relate and care for these characters. In the end, we have a powerful film about the search for freedom and love, who says more with it's characters actions than with their words. A remarkable masterwork.