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Louise-Michel

BENOÎT DELÉPINE , GUSTAVE DE KERVERN
France, 2008, 94 minutes, Color

Although times are tough, the female workers of a provincial toy factory are given new smocks to assure them of their company's stability. When they show up the next day, they're shocked to find the factory empty, its machinery and management nowhere to be seen. They decide to pool their paltry compensation money toward a common goal, suggested by Louise: hire a hit man to kill the company's owner. Enter Michel, a paranoid security manager at a trailer park, who offers no credentials but has a formidable gun collection. Michel can't even shoot a dog, much less a person, so he resorts to using terminally ill patients to do his dirty work. Partners in crime, Louise and Michel work their way up the corporate food chain behind the factory closure. This quixotic revenge comedy is propelled by rebellious humor and a cartoonlike inventiveness. —Sundance Film Festival

In French with English subtitles

Sunday's screening at the Embassy of France will be followed by a wine & cheese reception, $20.00

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