1961 · drama · romance
Lola (1961)
Directed by Jacques Demy1h 29m1961
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.
Our read: Lola (1961) (1961) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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