Louise Wimmer

Louise Wimmer

2011 · 80 min · FR · 6.2 (24 votes)
Dir. Cyril Mennegun · Starring Corinne Masiero, Jérôme Kircher, Anne Benoît, Marie Kremer, Jean-Marc Roulot, Frédéric Gorny
Drama

The middle-aged titular heroine (Masiero) of this bare-bones, Dardenne-esque debut has certainly fallen on hard times: Living between her car and a storage shed, working a part-time job as a hotel chambermaid, and trying against all odds to obtain public housing, Louise scrapes by on a day-to-day subsistence that’s only a few Euros away from skid row.

VIBE

A stark, unvarnished portrait of struggle. It feels intensely real, capturing the quiet desperation and unyielding spirit of a woman navigating a system that seems designed to break her. A raw, affecting experience.

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