The titular heroine (Allison Janney) of “Lou” lives alone and withdrawn in a cabin in the woods. She doesn’t want to have anything to do with other people and avoids any contact as much as possible. That changes when one night her neighbor (Jurnee Smollett) shows up at her door, desperately begging for help. Her little daughter (Ridley Asha Bateman) has just been kidnapped by a man she doesn’t know (Logan Marshall-Green).
Without hesitation, Lou grabs some guns and runs out into the stormy darkness. The elderly woman moves so quickly, skillfully and confidently in the wilderness that her anxious companion can barely keep up. First, Lou goes to a nearby guy (Greyston Holt) who she suspects is involved in all sorts of dark activities.
She mercilessly beats out of him what she wants to hear. The young mother is shocked, but also grateful. She doesn’t know who this woman is, whom she only once saw roaring past her house in a shabby truck. Nor what could have made her what she is. However, she is certain that Lou is her best, if only hope, to be able to hug her little one again…
“Lou” starts on September 23, 2022 worldwide and exclusively on the streaming service Netflix.
Star producer JJ Abrams (“Star Wars 7-9″, “Mission: Impossible 3-8”) Anna Foerster. This is only her second feature film after Underworld 5: Blood Wars. On the other hand, the German-born American is very active in the TV series sector. She has already staged episodes of various hit shows such as “Criminal Minds”, “Outlander’, ‘Marvel’s Jessica Jones’ or ‘Westworld“. Foerster has also been involved in almost every Roland Emmerich film since the mid-1990s – sometimes as chief camerawoman, then as assistant director or in the effects department.
Oscar (“I, Tonya”) and Emmy-winning actress (“The West Wing”) Allison Janney took on the title role of “Lou”. The actress from Boston is otherwise more subscribed to comedy or character roles. For this film, she trained with the same team that trained Charlize Theron on Atomic Blonde and Halle Berry on Atomic Blonde.John Wick: Chapter 3” prepared.
Joining Janney were Jurnee Smollett (Birds Of Prey: The Emancipation Of Harley Quinn), Prometheus star Logan Marshall-Green, Riverdale’s Greyston Holt, Toby Levins (Adaline Forever) and Matt Craven ( “The Life of David Gale”) for Foerster in front of the camera.
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