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Story

Louis (

Axel Daeseleire Axel Dorothée Marc Daeseleire (born 26 October 1968) is a Belgium, Belgian actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Jan Verplancke in Belgian television series ''Matroesjka's'', and movies such as ''Team Spirit (film), Team Spirit''. Filmog ...

) is a successful editor of the men's magazine ''Don''. He feels like he is the boss of the universe, until he bumps into Eva ( Véronique Leysen). He convinces her into

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ing with him, dumps her and then continues his life. Eva can't accept this, and asks her best friend, Babs (Lotte Mariën) for advice. She speaks an occult

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on him, not aware that on this night, a special cosmic constellation of planets takes place. That night, Louis is transformed into a

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. When he wakes up, he panics. His roommate and best friend, Charlotte De Wilde ( Ianka Fleerackers), convinces him to go to the editors disguised as Louise, the niece of Louis, and do a very important presentation for investors of Uitgeverij Hercules, the company behind the magazine ''Don''. When his boss, Vic Mutsaerts ( Rudy Morren), tries to call Louis, he is surprised to get Charlotte on the line instead. She quickly lies and says that Louis had to leave for his sick father in Canada, and that his cousin and confidant Louise will lead the meeting. Louis has to go through life as a woman now. Louise (

Hilde De Baerdemaeker Hilde de Baerdemaeker (born 8 May 1978) is a Flemish actress. She is best known for her roles as Louise in ''Louislouise'', and as Linda De Leenheer in ''De Zaak Alzheimer'' (in English: ''The Memory of a Killer'' or ''The Alzheimer Case''), ''Te ...

) turns out to be a

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and finds out what it's like to be a woman in modern society. Louis faces that Louise is not often taken seriously and doesn't know what to do. Charlotte introduces Louise to the world of women, with little success. Tasks such as walking on

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s and forgetting about her manly principles seem impossible. By trial and error, she learns the disadvantages of women, but also the benefits. Louis then has to make a decision of staying a woman or changing back to a man, which is made difficult by the fact that his Louise ego has fallen in

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with a

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