Lola

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Ed . I find the ending between Lola and Michel puzzling. Demy shows his talent otherwise as a writer and certainly in the film's direction. The weaving in and out of the men in Lola's life is elegantly deft. Roland is lucky to have survived his stint as a smuggler and parlay it into a bejeweled career and with a jewel of a woman, Geneviève. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/29/25 Full Review Rare T 🤧 Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/10/24 Full Review Gerry M Idiotic, moronic dialogue - waste of time. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/20/24 Full Review Abe A Too many intertwined strands did this one in for me, and a not-wholly-compelling plotline with some wooden performances, particularly by Marc Michel. On the strength on this, I'd class Jacques Demy as a second-rank director behind the first tier of Godard, Truffaut and (possibly) Alain Resnais in the French New Wave, all of whom have a better grasp of form and structure. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/08/24 Full Review s r 1001 movies to see before you die. An entertaining take on multiple couples / relationships based around Lola. A hint to the French new wave. Saw it on TCM. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Waiting for her first love's, Michel, return who's been gone for about seven years, Lola seems to have come to terms with the fact he's gone forever. it's just some sort of a desperate longing that would easily fade away hadn't been for lasting memories that one can't help recalling. In Jacques Demy's Nantes, poignancy of loss reigns supreme — whether it's of love or dreams or whatsoever — in spite of its breezy air. In Lola, there's also effortless interlacing between each character that cross paths with another, dredging up each other's long-forsaken memories and, more or less, rejuvenating them through mutual interactions. Having been introduced to the background of Roland Cassard here, I loved how Cherbourg continued his path while bolstering the circular nature of Lola. Aside from a silly plot diversion revolving around Frankie and fourteen-year-old Cécile, cabaret numbers tossed in for some reason and a few plodding moments as it's nearing its third act, Lola is a decent debut of unrequited love and disillusionment, injected with a sense of ennui and a spirit of carefree in equal measure, and featuring beautiful black-and-white wide shots, hand-held constantly-moving camera and light-weighted humour. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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