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Lola
Directed by
Jacques Demy
PG-13
1961
89m
Drama
,
Romance
7.4
95%
78%
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A bored young man meets with his former girlfriend, now a cabaret dancer and single mother, and soon finds himself falling back in love with her.
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Where to Watch Lola
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Cast of Lola
Anouk Aimée
Lola (Cécile)
Marc Michel
Roland Cassard
Jacques Harden
Michel
Alan Scott
Frankie
Élina Labourdette
Madame Desnoyers
Margo Lion
Jeanne, la mère de Michel
Annie Duperoux
Cécile Desnoyers
Catherine Lutz
Claire, the bar owner
Corinne Marchand
Daisy
Yvette Anziani
Madame Frédérique
Dorothée Blanck
Dolly
Isabelle Lunghini
Nelly
Annick Noël
Ellen
Ginette Valton
Hair Stylist's Mistress
Anne Zamire
Maggie
Jacques Goasguen
M. François, the Librarian
Babette Barbin
Minnie
Jacques Lebreton
Hairstylist
Gérard Delaroche
Yvon, Lola's Son
Carlo Nell
Dancing Teacher
Charlie Bretagne
Le commissaire (uncredited)
Raphael Héry
Le directeur de Roland (uncredited)
Marie-Christine Maufrais
Suzanne (uncredited)
Jean Porcher
Le satyre (uncredited)
Lola Reviews
New York Times
A.H. Weiler
If Lola is not a masterwork, its general polish and intent augur a bright future for the 31-year-old Mr. Demy.
Antagony & Ecstasy
Tim Brayton
Intuited rather than explained & felt rather than understood.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Has a springy, musical quality to it.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Pleasantly conceived romantic roundelay.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Decades after it was made, Lola, Demy's auspicious directing debut starring Anouk Aimee, is just as impressive, lyrical and touching as it was in 1961.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...Demy's decidedly meandering approach to his own screenplay paves the way for a hit-and-miss midsection...
Drink in the Movies
Taylor Baker
Quick cuts, lingering moments, shadow cast walls, expert mirroring, nearly every window used as a source of light. It's hard not to fall in love with Lola...
Variety
Variety Staff
It is offbeat, with shafts of tender feeling and truth. But trying to touch on too many subjects makes the film uneven.
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann
An ode to yearning and enchantment -- a valentine to France, to beautiful women, to the foolish but delicious notions of romance that we receive from Hollywood.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
There is something gentle and elusive going on here, and you should catch the movie at long last even if you've seen it before.
Citysearch
Bilge Ebiri
Demy is best known stateside for his wondrous musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, but some consider this, his debut feature, to be his best work.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jacques Demy's first and in some ways best feature, shot in exquisite black-and-white 'Scope by Raoul Coutard, is among the most neglected major works of the French New Wave.
The New Yorker
Pauline Kael
Demy gently mocks romantic movie effects, which he employs more romantically than ever.
Stream on Demand
Sean Axmaker
... helped redefine the screen beauty [Anouk Aimée] as a formidable actress with a mystery behind those piercing eyes and sculpted face.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
The Ophls question ("Quelle heure est-il?") is always in the air, along with the tilting, craning and tracking that link and sever feelings.
Boulder Weekly
Thomas Delapa
Before he gained renown with The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Demy made his feature debut with a prequel of sorts, which was his elegant homage to the films of Max Ophuls.
TV Guide
Free-flowing debut feature from French director Jacques Demy who, with his wife, director Agnes Varda, flourished during the New Wave.
Crooked Marquee
Sean Burns
To Demy, unrequited love remains an essential and inevitable element of the human condition; the most wonderful, horrible part of being alive
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