Although set on Orcas Island (the largest of Washington State's San Juan islands), the movie was actually filmed in and around Ucluelet, on the south coast of Vancouver Island (Canada).
Plot. In 1986, on Orcas Island in Washington, Lou, a loner living with her dog Jax, goes to the village to buy some supplies. She talks to the sheriff about her arthritis and he tells her a copper bracelet could help her condition. A mother, Hannah, plays hide-and-seek with her young daughter, Vee, outside their home.
A young girl is kidnapped. Her mother, with no other option, teams up with the mysterious older woman next door to pursue the kidnapper a journey into the wilderness that will test their limits and expose dark and shocking secrets from their pasts.
The woman appears to have brown hair (not grey like Lou did previously). However, the copper bracelet and binoculars appear to suggest that Lou is still alive and is still watching over Hannah and Vee.
Initially, Lou seems to sacrifice her own life in the pursuit of killing her son. But Lou's ending scene reveals that she is alive and still watching over Hannah and Vee. She secretly keeps an eye on them because she is now a fugitive, with the CIA trying to track her down.
So, what happens at the end of Lou? Before the film reaches its climax, we learn Lou's biggest secret: she's not merely a stranger to Hannah and her daughter Vee (Ridley Bateman). In fact, she's a former CIA agent with a familial connection to the pair.
Ridley Asha Bateman as Vee - Playing Vee, the kidnapped daughter of Jurnee Smollett's Hannah, Ridley Asha Bateman costars in Lou with just the third project on her resume.
From a storyline or set piece perspective, Lou doesn't add much to the action genre -- but it does serve as a generally entertaining reminder that Allison Janney is not to be trifled with. Everything around her is different degrees of disappointing, but Allison Janney makes Lou worth watching -- if only barely.
Although set on Orcas Island (the largest of Washington State's San Juan islands), the movie was actually filmed in and around Ucluelet, on the south coast of Vancouver Island (Canada).
Set in mid-1980s America with GOP President Reagan, the ex-California governor, in the White House, “Lou” is an action thriller film streaming on Netflix. Allison Janney plays Lou, the lead character, taciturn and violent. By the end of the film, we see why the Janney character behaves this way.
The wanted mother and son have a final showdown on the beach where Philip is seen stabbing Lou before the pair come together for a tight final hug, with Lou apologising to Philip. A CIA helicopter then appears to shoot them both. The film's final scene shows Hannah and Vee on a ferry, leaving Orcas Island for Seattle.
The film is about a lost-and-found box and the unseen monster within. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards.
The action thriller follows the story of a suspicious character, Lou, who sets out to help her neighbor Hannah when her daughter, Vee, is kidnapped by her father. Vee was kidnapped by her father, Philip, on a stormy night.
Parents need to know that Lou is a graphically violent and suspenseful thriller about two women attempting to rescue a child who has been kidnapped by her deranged father.
Though many UCA members in the final scenes wore a Quipu pin, the Quipu that Lou is holding in her hands has chains, an indication that Amelie brought Lou back to life (as Amelie was wearing a Quipu as a necklace).
Ruben insists he doesn't need help and doesn't want to stay, but Lou and Joe think he needs help. Joe says if he stays he he has to commit to the program and will have no contact with the outside world, including Lou. Ruben refuses and leaves.
