Lola
1961·France·90 min.
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In Nantes, a bored young man named Roland is letting life pass him by when he has a chance meeting with a woman he knew in his teens: she's Lola, now a cabaret dancer. She's also the mother of a young son, and harbors the hope that his father, who deserted her during pregnancy, will return. Roland realizes he's in love with Lola, and this gives sudden purpose to his life. But how does she feel? Woven into the story are an American sailor who likes Lola and is kind to her son; a girl on the eve of her 14th birthday, when all things seem romantic; the girl's mother, a lonely widow; and, an aging woman who misses her son.
DirectorJacques Demy
ScreenwriterJacques Demy
MusicMichel Legrand
CinematographyRaoul Coutard
CastAnouk Aimée·Marc Michel·Alan Scott·Jacques Harden·Margo Lion·Carlo Ponti·Elina Labourdette·Corinne Marchand
Original titleLola