Cine Lumiere is one of my favourite movie theatres in London and it does offer much in terms of non commercial films of value.
An original piece of creative audio visual work was the French film 'Lou' which I saw this week.
Although on the surface a very simple story of matriarchs down the generation line, it in fact offers a very fresh outlook on projecting emotions and situational dynamics in a very visually stimulating and colourful way.
Originally based on a comic book it seems a very dynamic pictorial work of art in that every scene is overloaded with vibrantly colourful retro objects and designs as well as luminous costumes and intimate close ups of very detailed facial expressions throughout the film.
The vibrancy in fact is symbiotic with the characters themselves, the way they express emotions in relationships and their feelings towards one another.
The main characters are Lou a 12 year old 'cool' and creative girl, sensitive, intelligent and loving, her mother, an affectionate, clumsy but capable woman, and some of the girlfriends all extreme cases in their own way as well as the grandmother who is austere severe but deep down very honourable.
They all interact with one another very originally and even wildly in an outside the mould setting or outside the box way, very transparently but also very adorably and become endearing in that they share their feelings in a very honest and genuine way, almost childlike in its innocence.
Lou is the most fabulous character in that she is good to all and still happily looks to every future event as the next big step in her life despite disappointments, delays or embarrassments.
The male characters in the story seem peripheral and play a supporting role to the female characters but are essential in their romanticism nevertheless.
All in all a very happy upbeat kind of visual comic drama, part love story part coming of age, imbued with comic scenes amongst the emotional drama, and with a very good graphic arts animation type sequence which is in fact the fantasy world or Lou's mother who is empowered at the end of the film, becoming the conquering heroine and the all loving being she was born to become.
The real and fantasy worlds seem to join hands and this is the crux of the feel good element which brings the audience to a climax of bubbly playfulness at the end of the film.
If comic books can end well so can real life and if we believe in our dreams we can make them concrete and overcome obstacles and disappointments accepting them as part of life.
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