Lovely Louise2013

Director
Bettina Oberli

Acters

Stefan Kurt (Andre)
Annemarie Dueringer (Louise)
Stanley Townsend (Bill)
Nina Proll (Steffi)
Michael Neuenschwander (Housi)
Andri Schenardi (Juergen)

Well, it’s never too late to start life and love…

André is in his mid-fifties and still lives with his mother, the 80-year-old actress Louise. He leads a rather unspectacular existence as a taxi driver, dedicated to his hobby, but hardly daring to speak to Steffi, the attractive and younger woman selling sausages at the model-plane airfield, where he flies his precious model planes. One day a stranger from America arrives at their doorstep. His name is Bill and he’ll soon turn their tranquil life upside-down. For the first time in his life, André has to wake up from his lethargy and face a few facts in his life.

“A delicious character study of a sheltered, smothered man who finally finds the spirit to break free of his domineering mother.” – The Hollywood Reporter

“Oberli gives her film a somewhat contrived twist towards a comical three-way dynamic: through attentive observations and careful implementation it has become quite irresistible.” – Film Dienst

“’Lovely Louise’ tells a story that is definitely taken from life, that thrives on its excellent actors and that entertains and convinces with the constant alternation of tragedy and comedy.” – PlattformJ.ch