{"id":76896,"date":"2021-10-08T13:47:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T20:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=76896"},"modified":"2023-02-04T00:16:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T07:16:54","slug":"lola-1961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=76896","title":{"rendered":"Lola (1961)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;This town and its people bore me.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Poster-222x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-76898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Poster-222x300.png 222w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Poster-758x1024.png 758w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Poster-95x128.png 95w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Poster-768x1037.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Poster-200x270.png 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Poster.png 821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen a bored, recently fired young man (Marc Michel) spots his childhood crush (Anouk Aimee), he arranges to have dinner with her, not realizing that she&#8217;s still infatuated with the long-gone father of her young son (G\u00e9rard Delaroche). Meanwhile, Lola (Aimee) has a friendly fling with an American soldier named Frankie (Alan Scott), and Roland (Michel) is invited to dinner at the home of a widow (Elina Labourdette) and her teenage daughter (Annie Duperoux) who are borrowing his English dictionary.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anouk Aimee Films<\/li>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Jacques Demy Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Single Mothers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nJacques Demy&#8217;s feature debut introduces us to a character who plays a small but pivotal role in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=71357\"><em>The Umbrellas of Cherbourg<\/em> (1964)<\/a>: Catherine Deneuve&#8217;s older suitor, &#8220;Roland Cassard&#8221; (Marc Michel). In this earlier film, Roland is posited as someone who is literally seeking his way in the world, and believes he&#8217;s landed on a solution by serendipitously meeting up with Aimee:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Roland-Lola.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Roland-Lola.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1825\" height=\"771\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Roland-Lola.png 1825w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Roland-Lola-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Roland-Lola-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Roland-Lola-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Roland-Lola-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Roland-Lola-1536x649.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Roland-Lola-604x255.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1825px) 100vw, 1825px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, despite a seemingly endless series of coincidences and connections, life is far from straightforward for any of the characters in this film, who all hold on to secret desires and hopes. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Labourdette.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Labourdette.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1837\" height=\"783\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Labourdette.png 1837w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Labourdette-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Labourdette-1024x436.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Labourdette-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Labourdette-768x327.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Labourdette-1536x655.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Labourdette-604x257.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1837px) 100vw, 1837px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As pointed out in the video essay <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UYMgFOWHkqY\">\u201cCapturing Coincidences and Mirroring Characters\u201d<\/a>, Demy&#8217;s screenplay is meticulously crafted to show thematic and emotional parallels between various individuals &#8212; from young Cecile (Duperoux), like Aimee, being an aspiring dancer who falls for a blond American sailor (Scott) at the age of 14: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Jumping.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Jumping.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1823\" height=\"765\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Jumping.png 1823w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Jumping-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Jumping-1024x430.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Jumping-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Jumping-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Jumping-1536x645.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Jumping-604x253.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1823px) 100vw, 1823px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; to Roland&#8217;s belief that his first love (Aimee) must somehow be destined for him. Given that Aimee&#8217;s character comes across at first like an irresponsible single mom nurturing unrealistic expectations (she appears to be deliberately mimicking Marilyn Monroe at times, and even references her explicitly): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Pouring-Drink.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Pouring-Drink.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1821\" height=\"767\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Pouring-Drink.png 1821w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Pouring-Drink-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Pouring-Drink-1024x431.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Pouring-Drink-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Pouring-Drink-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Pouring-Drink-1536x647.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Pouring-Drink-604x254.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1821px) 100vw, 1821px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; it&#8217;s pleasantly surprising how we gradually come to root for Lola, and learn that she actually considers being a &#8220;good mom&#8221; at the top of her list of favorite personal traits (despite leaving her 7-year-old son regularly at home alone! oh, those were different times): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Trumpet.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Trumpet.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1823\" height=\"767\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Trumpet.png 1823w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Trumpet-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Trumpet-1024x431.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Trumpet-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Trumpet-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Trumpet-1536x646.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Trumpet-604x254.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1823px) 100vw, 1823px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, we remain invested until the very end in how things will turn out for each of these characters &#8212; and when a mysterious figure from early in the film suddenly shows up again at the end, we cheer for life&#8217;s occasional serendipities. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Raoul Coutard&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Frankie-Lola.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Frankie-Lola.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1821\" height=\"777\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Frankie-Lola.png 1821w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Frankie-Lola-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Frankie-Lola-1024x437.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Frankie-Lola-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Frankie-Lola-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Frankie-Lola-1536x655.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Frankie-Lola-604x258.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1821px) 100vw, 1821px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Hallway.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Hallway.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1815\" height=\"767\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Hallway.png 1815w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Hallway-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Hallway-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Hallway-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Hallway-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Hallway-1536x649.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Hallway-604x255.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1815px) 100vw, 1815px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Good use of natural sets in Nantes, France<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Streets2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Streets2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1825\" height=\"767\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Streets2.png 1825w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Streets2-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Streets2-1024x430.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Streets2-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Streets2-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Streets2-1536x646.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Streets2-604x254.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1825px) 100vw, 1825px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Still.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1825\" height=\"777\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Still.png 1825w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Still-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Still-1024x436.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Still-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Still-768x327.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Still-1536x654.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lola-Still-604x257.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1825px) 100vw, 1825px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a compelling debut film by a beloved director. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=1458\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0055093\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/81668\/lola#articles-reviews?articleId=955255\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1962\/10\/15\/archives\/screen-lola-by-demyanouk-aimee-stars-in-new-wave-import.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1061lola.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/lola-1\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UYMgFOWHkqY\">&#8220;Capturing Coincidences and Mirroring Characters&#8221; Video Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This town and its people bore me.&#8221; Synopsis: When a bored, recently fired young man (Marc Michel) spots his childhood crush (Anouk Aimee), he arranges to have dinner with her, not realizing that she&#8217;s still infatuated with the long-gone father of her young son (G\u00e9rard Delaroche). Meanwhile, Lola (Aimee) has a friendly fling with an American soldier named Frankie (Alan Scott), and Roland (Michel) is invited to dinner at the home of a widow (Elina Labourdette) and her teenage daughter&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=76896\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76896"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89719,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76896\/revisions\/89719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}