The Lulus

The Lulus

Directed by Yann Samuell

Produced by Wild Bunch, Elle Driver

2023105 min6.2 / 10

A coming-of-age adventure following five orphaned children navigating survival and friendship across a war-torn landscape, balancing peril with youthful resilience and hope.

August 1914. While the German army is gaining ground in the North of France, four boys aged 10 to 15, LUcien, LUcas, LUigi and LUdwig are left behind during the evacuation of their orphanage. Without the protection of Abbé Turpin and the schoolteacher Leutellier, the Lulus are now stranded on their own behind the enemy front line. Soon joined by LUce, a pretty young girl separated from her parents, they decide to reach the neutral country of Switzerland by all means possible... they embark on an adventure for which nothing and no one has prepared them!

Questions people ask

  • Does The Lulus end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is The Lulus easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Is The Lulus sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Is The Lulus violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Lulus scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

24/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity35

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise11

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love30

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like The Lulus

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as The Lulus

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like The Lulus, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Lulus, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Lulus, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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