Lou! Journal infime

2014 French film

Julien Neel
Marc Syrigas

Based onLou!
by Julien NeelProduced by

Bruno Levy
Harold Valentin
Aurélien Larger

Starring

Lola Lasseron
Ludivine Sagnier
Kyan Khojandi
Nathalie Baye

CinematographyPierre MilonEdited byYannick KergoatMusic byJulien Di Caro

Production
companies

Move Movie
Mother Production
StudioCanal
France 2 Cinéma
Scope Pictures
Cinéfrance 1888
Canal+
Cine+
France Télévisions
Belgacom

Distributed byStudioCanal

Release dates

24 August 2014 (2014-08-24) (Angoulême)
8 October 2014 (2014-10-08) (France)

Running time

104 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrenchBudget$8.8 million ^[1]Box office$1.6 million ^[2]

Lou! Journal infime is a 2014 French comedy film directed by Julien Neel, based on the first volume of his comic book series, Lou!. The screenplay was written by Julien Neel and Marc Syrigas. It stars Lola Lasseron, Ludivine Sagnier, Kyan Khojandi, and Nathalie Baye.

Lou! Journal infime premiered at the Festival du film francophone d'Angoulême on 24 August 2014, and was released in France on 8 October 2014.

Plot

Cast

Lola Lasseron as Lou
Ludivine Sagnier as Emma
Kyan Khojandi as Richard
Nathalie Baye as Lou's grandmother
Joshua Mazé as Tristan
Eden Hoch as Mina
Lily Taïb as Marie-Emelie
Léa Nataf as Karine
Virgile Hurard as Jean-Jean
Téo Yacoub as Preston
Sacha Vassort as Manolo
Anne Agbadou-Masson as Jocelyne
Winston Ong as Gino
Julie Ferrier as Sophie
François Rollin as Henry
Pierre Rousselet as Robert

Production

Development

In September 2013, Variety reported that StudioCanal was set to co-produce, distribute, and sell the film.^[3]

Filming

Filming began on 28 October 2013 at the Bry-sur-Marne studio and in Paris, with additional scenes filmed at Lycee Jules Verne in Cergy. Filming ended on 17 January 2014.

Music

Julien Di Caro, the composer for the animated television series, returned to score the film.

Home media

Lou! Journal infime was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 10 February 2015.

Critical response

Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported a 17% approval rating, with an average rating of 4.4/10, based on 6 reviews.^[4]

References

^ "Lou ! Journal infime (2014) - JPBox-Office".
^ "Lou!".
^ Keslassy, Elsa (September 19, 2013). "Studiocanal Brings 'Lou' to Bigscreen". Variety. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
^ "Lou! Journal Infime (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes.