seen at the Melbourne international film festival: LOUISE-MICHEL France, 2008 (aka Vengeance Is Mine) 94 minutes. Director(s): Benoît Delépine, Gustave de Kervern (They also made the 2006 comedy Aviva)

Though times are tough, the women workers of a provincial toy factory are given new smocks to assure them of their company’s stability. But they show up the next day to find the factory empty, its machinery and management nowhere to be seen - their boss has run off with their pay.

Downtrodden, Louise traps live animals for food and—unable to afford booze—buys lighter fluid. Louise suggests they pool their meagre Union compensation payouts to fund a worthy cause: hiring a hit man to kill their former manager. Motion accepted so Louise goes in search of the gem they need and comes across Michel, a paranoid security manager at a trailer park, who offers no credentials but has a formidable gun collection. This "killer" can’t even shoot a dog, much less a person, and Michel resorts to using terminally ill patients to do his dirty work.

" Sarkozy and Merkel say Europe will lead way towards 'moral' capitalism" - 8th Jan 2009 "

Demonstrators alternated between chants and cries in the French creole language of the islands, raising their fists to shouts of “Down with colonization”, “Two-hundred euros, yes we can!” and “Life is dear under those coconut trees”. A sign read: "“apartheid is a reality in the Caribbean”.

Guadeloupe riots turn paradise into war zone as one protester shot dead - Feb 18th

Sarkozy under pressure as civil disturbances over economy escalate in French territory Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana - Reunion rebellion The movement, led by the umbrella group Collective against Extreme Exploitation, began on 20 January as a general strike and protest against the island's high living costs....