Lou [videorecording] / Screen Australia and Matchbox Pictures present in association with Screen NSW ; produced by Helen Bowden, Michael McMahon, Tony Ayres & Belinda Chayko ; written and directed by Belinda Chayko.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 7854 | Monarch Home VideoPublication details: [United States] : Monarch Home Video, [2011].Description: 1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits: - Director, Belinda Chayko.
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Adult DVD
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Northport Library | DVD | DRAMA Lou | Available | 33111007370758 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An 11 year old girl from a broken home strikes up an unexpected friendship with her Alzheimic grandfather in this earnest family drama starring John Hurt. When Lou's father walked out on his wife and three daughters, the sensitive young girl withdrew from the world. Convinced that her mother was to blame for driving her father away, Lou (Lily Bell-Tindley) constructed an impenetrable emotional wall and vowed never to let anyone in. Just then, Lou's mother announces that her estranged father Doyle (Hurt) has been stricken with Alzheimer's disease, and is coming to stay with the family. When Doyle absentmindedly begins mistaking Lou for his late, beloved wife, the damaged girl senses an opportunity to use her grandfather as a tool to strike back against her mother. But the more time Lou spends with Doyle, the more her vindictive impulses dissolve into genuine affection and concern for her forgetful grandfather. In time, Lou discovers the incredible healing power of love in the last place she ever expected to. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Originally released as a motion picture in 2010.
Director, Belinda Chayko.
John Hurt, Emily Barclay, Jay Ryan, Lily Bell-Tindley, Daniela Farinacci.
Not long after eleven-year-old Lou's father walks out of her life, her irascible and befuddled grandfather crashes in. But when Doyle comes to stay, Lou discovers, against all her expectations, the healing power of love.
Not rated.
DVD, widescreen (1.78:1) format ; Dolby 5.1 surround.