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San Francisco Chronicle by Edward Guthmann
Soft, evanescent and bittersweet.
Lola
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Italy, France · 1961
Rated PG-13 · 1h 30m
Director Jacques Demy
Starring Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden, Alan Scott
Genre Drama, Romance
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Roland is letting life pass him by when he runs into his former girlfriend, Lola. Now a cabaret singer, Lola is also the devoted single mother of a young son. Falling back in love with Lola gives Roland's life a purpose, but he is unsure if she feels the same way.
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Like a Hollywood fairy tale, Lola is always threatening to turn into a musical. Its edge as a film comes from the fact that it never quite does.
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New York Daily News by Jami Bernard
Jacques Demy showed up with the lightest touch with his 1960 Lola, a movie that has been called a musical without music.
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New Times (L.A.) by Jean Oppenheimer
Shot in black and white by the renowned Raoul Coutard, and with a score by Michel Legrand, the film represents an idealized view of reality that will strike some viewers (including this one) as overly sentimental.
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