Loulou is a 1980 French drama film directed by Maurice Pialat and starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu.

[1] In a disco with her husband André, a cultured man who owns a small advertising agency in which she works, Nelly meets Loulou, who is just out of jail and drunk.

When Loulou and his gang take her to Sunday lunch with his mother, there is a frightening confrontation with his psychotic brother-in-law who starts firing a shotgun.

[4] When the film was released on DVD, Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian wrote "There is something a little dated about the movie's look now; it is, however, effortlessly watchable.

"[5] In a negative review, Matthew Leyland of BBC writes, "So much potential for melodrama, yet Pialat never makes us feel like we're watching a soap opera.