Lou Castel’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Lou Castel has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 2010s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Fists in the Pocket.
Recurring themes

A deeply disturbed and epileptic young man benignly decides to murder other members of his dysfunctional family for altruistic reasons.
Dir. Marco Bellocchio · With Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé

A father and his son who lived seperated for some time meet each other one day and try to talk their problems over and understand their diametrical differences.
Dir. Ettore Scola · With Marcello Mastroianni, Massimo Troisi, Anne Parillaud

El Chuncho's bandits rob arms from a train, intending to sell the weapons to Elias' revolutionaries. They are helped by one of the passengers, Bill Tate, and allow him to join them, unware of his true intentions.
Dir. Damiano Damiani · With Gian Maria Volonté, Klaus Kinski, Martine Beswick

He’s lived for too long off his parents. It’s time for 40-year-old slacker Jacques to get by on his own. One-time gigolo and a borderline bum, he knows what he wants – to become rich and famous. He even has a business plan: tourism combined with cheap plastic surgery. Jacques moves in with his older sister, Monique, who manages an Emmaus village in the south west of France. And before long, the smooth-talking chancer has convinced a group of workers to pool their meagre funds and set out on a trip to a clinic in Bulgaria, where all their dreams of a brighter and more beautiful future will all come true. If only…
Dir. Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern · With Jean Dujardin, Yolande Moreau, Joseph Dahan
Dreams and reality collide as a young woman navigates a tumultuous relationship amid rising social tensions, protests and tragedies in Paris.
Dir. Elisabeth Vogler · With Noémie Schmidt, Grégoire Isvarine, Marie Mottet