Lola (1961)

Directed by

Jacques Demy

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 298 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman named Lola works as a cabaret dancer in Nantes. She reconnects with an old flame and dreams of a love that might have been.

romanticmelancholicwhimsicalnostalgicbittersweetdreamlikegentleelegantpoignant

What happens

Lola is a 1961 romantic drama film written and directed by Jacques Demy (in his feature directorial debut) as a tribute to director Max Ophüls, described by Demy as a "musical without music". Anouk Aimée stars in the title role. The film was restored and re-released by Demy's widow, French filmmaker Agnès Varda. The names of the film and title character were inspired by Josef von Sternberg's 1930 film The Blue Angel, in which Marlene Dietrich played a burlesque performer named Lola Lola. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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