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Lulu (1914)

Lulu poster
Directed by
Augusto Genina
Genre
silent film
Country
Italy
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A dancer has to take lovers to survive. A young man falls in love with her but lives by lies. He pretends to expect a child to marry her, and the comedy turns into tragedy.

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What happens

Lulu is a 1914 Italian film directed by Augusto Genina. IMDb summaries the story as, "A dancer lives by being held as the lover on duty, until a young man falls in love with her. His life is made up of lies and he will pretend to be waiting for a child to get married, to transform comedy into drama." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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