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Title: Lola (1961)
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Jacques Harden | ... |
Michel
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Alan Scott | ... |
Frankie
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Madame Desnoyers
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Jeanne, Michel's Mother
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Annie Duperoux | ... |
Cécile Desnoyers
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Catherine Lutz | ... |
Claire, the bar owner
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Daisy
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Yvette Anziani | ... |
Madame Frédérique
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Dorothée Blanck | ... |
Dolly
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Isabelle Lunghini | ... |
Nelly
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Annick Noël | ... |
Ellen
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Ginette Valton | ... |
Hair Stylist's Mistress
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Anne Zamire | ... |
Maggie
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Roland Cassard is a young man with no job and seemingly no prospects. By chance, he runs into his former girlfriend, Cecile who works as a dancer at a cabaret under the stage name Lola. She is now a single mom and works hard to provide her young son with all of the necessities of life. Lola still hopes that her son's father, Michel - the true love of her life - will someday return to them. Seeing Lola again confirms to Roland that he is in love with her but his feelings aren't reciprocated. Roland has also met Madame Desnoyer and her 14 year-old daughter, also called Cecile. Madame Desnoyer, a widow, is quite taken with Roland but he has little interest in her. For Roland, he sees little future in remaining in France. Written by garykmcd
Jacques Demy's effervescent romance is one of the best and most enduring examples of the stylistic explosion since called the French New Wave, but compared to Resnais' often-tortured exposition and Godard's turgid socio-political cul-de-sacs this playful look at the mysteries of first love is alive with an almost irresistible vitality. Demy pursues with tongue-in-cheek determination the idea that life can be a series of happy accidents, weaving several interlocked plot threads into a delicate web of chance and coincidence to illustrate the casual symmetry of life and love. At the heart of the film is a young cabaret dancer waiting (against reason) for her American sailor to return, whose sometimes sad, sometimes comic story is oddly echoed in the lives of everyone around her. It's as if the world were an endless progression of dancers and sailors, destined to mingle and mix in a never-ending attempt to rekindle that first, unforgettable spark of passion.