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Yolande Moreau, Bouli Lanners, Benoît Poelvoorde, Yannick Jaulin, Albert Dupontel ... see more see more... , Philippe Katerine , Mathieu Kassovitz , Francis Kuntz , Christophe Salengro , Sine Bundgaard , Robert Denis , Miss Ming , Jean-Luc Ormières , Sylvie Vanhiel , Lemi Cetol , Robert de Houx , Jacqueline Knuysen , Robert Dehoux

Absurdist duo Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern follow-up 2004's Aaltra with this sparse black comedy in which the recently-fired female employees at a children's clothing factory pool their funds t... read more read more...o put a hit on their callous boss. Out of work and down on her luck, ex-con Louise (Yolande Moreau) proposes to her jobless sisters that they do something useful by ridding the world of the man who put them all in their current situation. But while security specialist Michel (Bouli Lanners) seems like the perfect candidate to carry out the hit, his ineptitude is so great that he attempts to sub-contract the job to a series of inexperienced - and highly inappropriate - assassins. Notorious Belgian actor Benoît Poelvoorde cameos as a nut-job 9/11 conspiracy theorist, and actor/director Mathieu Kassovitz turns up as an organic hotelier. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern, Gustave de Kervern

Release Date: December 24, 2008

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Graham Young
May 27, 2011
Graham Young, Birmingham Mail

Even by English-language black comedy standards, it's a decidedly odd mixture of fun and revenge. Full Review

Peter Bradshaw
March 31, 2011
Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK]

Some definite laughs. Full Review

Julian White
March 31, 2011
Julian White, Little White Lies

Definitely more enjoyable when you break it down into bits and pieces in your head afterwards. Full Review

John Ferguson
March 31, 2011
John Ferguson, Radio Times

Although directors Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine strive a little too hard at times for outrage, it's still wickedly funny, and Moreau and Lanners are terrific as the grotesque anti-heroes. Full Review

David Parkinson
March 30, 2011
David Parkinson, Empire Magazine

A darkly funny film in the same vein as Micmacs, in this French crime caper political correctness gets le boot. Full Review

David Jenkins
March 30, 2011
David Jenkins, Time Out

Offers a rousing reminder of the power (and eccentricities) of the pissed-off proletariat. Full Review

Tom Dawson
March 23, 2011
Tom Dawson, Total Film

The laughs are defiantly non-PC, but there's no doubting the sympathetic handling of the working-class heroes, nor the righteous rage at the injustices of contemporary capitalism. Full Review

October 9, 2009
At the Movies (Australia)

This is the best comedy I've seen since Burn After Reading or Death At A Funeral. It's terrific. Full Review

Margaret Pomeranz
October 9, 2009
Margaret Pomeranz, At the Movies (Australia)

These two losers are so uncharming, so witless, so unfunny that I really found this film about them an arduous experience. Full Review

October 8, 2009
Empire Magazine Australasia

Often crass and never politically correct, Louise-Michel ultimately fails to reach its potential. Full Review

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