2004 · drama · adoption · cambodia
Holy Lola
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier2h 10m2004
The story of a young couple, Pierre and Geraldine, and their desire for a child, which leads them on a journey of initiation to Cambodia. On their difficult and transformative adventure, they must contend with obstructive authorities and the jealousies and mistrust of a small community of would-be adoptive parents.
Our read: Holy Lola (2004) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · adoption · cambodia entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / adoption, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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