Louise-Michel (15)

Deranged, anarchic black comedy

Director: Benoit Delepine, Gustave de Kervern
Starring: Yolande Moreau, Bouli Lanners, Benoit Poelvoorde
Belgium, 2008, 1 hour 34 minutes, subtitles

Tue 9 March 6.45pm The Courtyard Hereford

A wild black comedy about a group of women who, after the factory they work in is closed down pool their redundancy money to hire a hit man to bump off the boss. Things spiral out of control and they leave a trail of mayhem in their wake as they seek revenge. Very, very funny with a mordant sense of humour, that's like a cross between Monty Python and Aki Kaurismaki. A singularly appropriate film at a time when bankers and bosses can walk away with billions while the rest of us pick up the tab.