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Director:
Jacques Demy
Writer:
Jacques Demy (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
14 October 1962 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
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... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 win more
NewsDesk:
Agnès Varda in person at American Cinematheque
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User Comments:
A Real Movie-Movie more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Anouk Aimée ... Lola (Cécile)
Marc Michel ... Roland Cassard
Jacques Harden ... Michel
Alan Scott ... Frankie
Elina Labourdette ... Madame Desnoyers
Margo Lion ... Jeanne, Michel's Mother
Annie Duperoux ... Cécile Desnoyers (as Annie Dupéroux)
Catherine Lutz ... Claire, the bar owner
Corinne Marchand ... Daisy
Yvette Anziani ... Madame Frédérique
Dorothée Blank ... Dolly
Isabelle Lunghini ... Nelly
Annick Noël ... Ellen
Ginette Valton ... Beauty Shop Owner
Anne Zamire ... Maggie
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Donna di vita (Italy)
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Runtime:
USA:90 min
Country:
Italy | France
Language:
French | English
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Jacques Demy's first film is a tribute to Max Ophuls. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Une femme est une femme (1961) more
Soundtrack:
Lola more

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2 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
A Real Movie-Movie, 26 October 2001
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Author: Daryl Chin (lqualls-dchin) from Brooklyn, New York

Jacques Demy's first feature is a totally unreal confection, a real movie-movie about characters living their lives in dreams and fantasies, all derived from the movies. It's a pure escapist film, shot on location in Nantes with Raoul Coutard's most dazzling black-and-white cinematography. Every character in the movie is tinged with magic, sometimes explicitly, as when Lola (Anouk Aimee) is photographed so that she's wreathed in light, or when Cecile (Annie Duperoux) has her outing at the fair and it's shown in slow motion. It's a deliberately "silly" movie, and that's what's charming about it.

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