Loulou

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William L Heads up, this film is very, very French. LouLou is the kind of romantic drama that you've seen before - mood swings, bouts of ineffectual slap-fighting, intermittent reconciliation, busy urban street scenes, sex, the debate between stable and boring vs. unpredictable and exciting. Perhaps the volatile romantic interactions were a bit more original in 1980, but years down the line it seems that virtually every modern love story is heavy on screaming matches and irrational decision making. The performances are fine, the directing is fine; it's hard to pick out aspects of the film that are explicit failures in execution, but thematically it feels hollow and tired. I guess the concepts of abortion and a woman having multiple lovers don't hit like they used to. (2.5/5) Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/27/21 Full Review S R 1001 movies to see before you die. Interesting film showing drama of French relationships, but it was a bit rough going. It was on CRI. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Even though understanding it was a film made almost 4 decades ago, it had had everything I dislike about French Cinema inside. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member There is a great deal more going on in this classic Maurice Pialat film. Everything from marriage, sexuality, misogyny, human cruelty, class struggles to the mysteries/complexities of erotic desire are explored far more deeply than you realize as Loulou unspools. But, what really pushes this film to a whole new level is the way Pialat marries the chemistry between his two leading actors to a distinctive style of narrative that flows around like a drunk trying to find the way home. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Brilliant character study featuring brilliantly naturalistic performances by two of the most important actors from French cinema working for one of its most unique filmmakers. It all works beautifully. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Pialat confidently allows his characters to be who they are without embellishment or misplaced sentimentality. He pulls us into their lives and we must accept them as they are. This is confrontational cinema in the vain of Cassavetes. The reality of the characters is so vivid as to make it almost disturbing, and it doesn't help that Isabelle Huppert and Gerard Depardieu are extremely flexible and intuitive actors. The reality is almost too much, but you can't help admiring the audacity of it, the sheer love of unbiased and unfettered truth seeking. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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