Synopsis
A bored young man meets with his former girlfriend, now a cabaret dancer and single mother, and soon finds himself falling back in love with her.
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Cast
- Anouk AiméeLola (Cécile)
- Marc MichelRoland Cassard
- Jacques HardenMichel
- Alan ScottFrankie
- Elina LabourdetteMadame Desnoyers
- Margo LionJeanne, la mère de Michel
- Annie DuperouxCécile Desnoyers
- Catherine LutzClaire, the bar owner
- Corinne MarchandDaisy
- Yvette AnzianiMadame Frédérique
Recommendations
- 100
San Francisco Chronicle
Soft, evanescent and bittersweet. - 75
New York Daily News
Jacques Demy showed up with the lightest touch with his 1960 Lola, a movie that has been called a musical without music. - 70
New Times (L.A.)
Shot in black and white by the renowned Raoul Coutard, and with a score by Michel Legrand, the film represents an idealized view of reality that will strike some viewers (including this one) as overly sentimental. - 60
Village Voice
Like a Hollywood fairy tale, Lola is always threatening to turn into a musical. Its edge as a film comes from the fact that it never quite does.
