Lola
Lola is a 1961 romantic drama film written and directed by Jacques Demy (in his feature directorial debut) as a tribute to director Max Ophüls, described by Demy as a "musical without music". Anouk Aimée stars in the title role. The film was restored and re-released by Demy's widow, French filmmaker Agnès Varda.
Plot
In the seaside French town of Nantes, a young man, Roland Cassard, is wasting his life away until he has a chance encounter with Lola, a woman he knew as a teenager before World War II, who is now a cabaret dancer. Although Roland is quite smitten with her, Lola is preoccupied with her former lover Michel, who abandoned her after impregnating her seven years earlier. Also vying for Lola's heart is American sailor Frankie, whose affection Lola does not return.
More details
author | Jacques Demy |
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contentLocation | Nantes |
director | Jacques Demy |
editor | Anne-Marie Cotret Monique Teisseire |
genre | drama |
keywords | abandon cabaret dancer chance encounter end seven years world war ii young man |
musicBy | Michel Legrand |
producer | Carlo Ponti Georges de Beauregard |
publisher | Euro International Films Unidex |
recordedAt | La Baule-Escoublac La Cigale Nantes passage Pommeraye place de la Petite-Hollande place Graslin quai de la Fosse rue de l'Abreuvoir |
theme | romantic drama |