Rent Lola (1961)
3.7 of 5 from 104 ratings
1h 24min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
Anouk Aimee gives her defining performance as Cecile, a cabaret performer and single mother. Taking the stage name Lola, she entrances Roland (Marc Michel), a young drifter. A friend of Lola since childhood, he yearnsfor herto return his affections but she pines for her husband's return. In the present, she disports with an American sailor named Frankie (Alan Scott), who in turn is the object of a young girl's affections. The girl's name, like Lola's, is Cecile (Annie Dupeyroux). Set in Nantes overthe span of a few days, this story of love stories crossing paths, of life teeming with co-incidences and missed chances conveys the spirit of the early French New Wave and the cinema of Max Ophuls, to whom Demy also dedicates the film. - Actors:
- Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden, Alan Scott, Elina Labourdette, Margo Lion, Annie Duperoux, Catherine Lutz, Corinne Marchand, Yvette Anziani, Dorothée Blanck, Isabelle Lunghini, Annick Noël, Ginette Valton, Anne Zamire, Jacques Goasguen, Babette Barbin, Jacques Lebreton, Gérard Delaroche, Carlo Nell
- Directors:
- Jacques Demy
- Producers:
- Georges de Beauregard, Carlo Ponti
- Writers:
- Jacques Demy
- Studio:
- Mr Bongo
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- Top 10 Award Winners at the London Film Festival, Top 10 Modern Musicals, Top Films
- Countries:
- France
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 17/02/2020
- Run Time:
- 88 minutes
- Languages:
- French LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Two documentaries by filmmaker Agnes Varda: The World of Jacques Demy (1995) and The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
- Four short films by director Jacques Demy: Les horizons morts (1951), Le sabotier du Vai de Loire (1956), Ars (1959), and La luxure (1962)
- Jacques Demy, A to Z, a 2014 visual essay by critic James Quandt
- Archival interviews with Demy
- Interviews from 2014 with journalist Marie Colmant and film scholar Rodney Hill
- Archival audio Q&A with Demy
- Interview with actor Anouk Aimee from 2012, conducted by Varda
- Interview with Varda from 2012 on the origin of Lola's song
- Restoration demonstrations for 'Lola'
More like Lola
Reviews (1) of Lola
Anouk to the rescue. - Lola review by RhysH
A rather clichéd plot with clichéd characters. The American sailors on the town, the French "hostesses" with hearts of gold, the hapless drifter unlucky in love and work, the errant father returning with cigar and open top car.
It is worth watching for Anouk Aimée, a delightful performance. She has a mobile face which she uses to great effect.
3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.