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Isabelle Huppert, Gérard Depardieu, Guy Marchand, Humbert Balsan, Bernard Tronczyk ... see more see more... , Frederique Cerbonnet , Patricia Coulet , Jacqueline Dufranne , Agnes Rosier , Willy Safar , Xavier Saint-Macary , Patrick Poivey , Gerald Garnier , Christian Boucher , Jean-Claude Meilland , Patrick Playez , Catherine de Guirchitch , Jean Van Herzeele , Bernard Tronczak

Maurice Pialat's character study eschews traditional plot development in its examination of the power of sex and passion to overturn class restrictions and social conventions. Isabelle Huppert is Nell... read more read more...y, a middle-class Parisian housewife, married to possessive husband Andre (Guy Marchand). When she meets street thug Loulou (Gerard Depardieu), her middle-class respectability is thrown out the window and she leaves Andre for Loulou. Loulou, who has no job and resorts to robbery to survive, is more than willing to live off Nelly's money. But Andre won't give her up and, in the mind-set of a middle-class bourgeois, tries to convince her to return. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 50 min.

Directed by: Maurice Pialat

Release Date: October 8, 1980

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DVD Release Date: April 24, 2001

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  • November 2, 2008
    The sensuality in this movie derives from the vagabond lifestyle of both main characters,that supernatural entity inside their souls spreading like a favorable narcotic during their sexual excavations/lustful adventures and certainly,the minimal financial situation they have to d... read moreeal with.Pialat just loves torturing emotions..
  • July 25, 2008
    Just WHAT is it that GDepardieu has, what makes him so darn sexy? Gosh, I love a man who laffs during sex.

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Anton Bitel
June 15, 2007
Anton Bitel, Film4

This examination of class, love and sexual politics is full of nuanced observations of character, even as its narrative staggers and reels like a drunk negotiating a dark road. Full Review

Donald J. Levit
July 2, 2004
Donald J. Levit, ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Attractive leads and an unusual story approach outweigh the flm's defects. Full Review

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
January 29, 2004
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

Loulou is a dance macabre of three individuals trying to decide whether or not they want to change their lives. Full Review

March 26, 2009
Variety

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Janet Maslin
August 30, 2004
Janet Maslin, New York Times

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Dave Kehr
January 1, 2000
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

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Emanuel Levy
June 27, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Carol Cling
February 20, 2004
Carol Cling, Las Vegas Review-Journal

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Peter Bradshaw
November 18, 2006
Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK]

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Geoff Andrew
June 24, 2006
Geoff Andrew, Time Out

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