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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
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 win more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
36th Telluride Film Festival Announces 2009 Lineup
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Agnès Varda in person at American Cinematheque
 (From pretty-scary. 17 June 2009, 6:09 PM, PDT)
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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
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Singapore:PG | Finland:K-16 | UK:PG
Filming Locations:
Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France
Company:
Rome Paris Films more

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:
'7ème Symphonie more

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User Comments

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5 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Love it, 6 October 2003
10/10
Author: Daniel Karlsson from Sweden

The modern mainstream movie-goer will probably react negatively toward this wonderful little film, an early Demy masterpiece. Meetings and love, what I like most in life in this moment, are the most wonderful aspects of human life. It takes longer for some people to realize this. Maybe if they fall in love they will understand what surely brings happiness, and it is not about things or stuff. Simple meetings between people. Human interaction. I miss nothing in this film, it has the elements I want from a movie. The score is wonderful; Mozart, Legrande (who uses the same tune in Parapluies de Cherbourg) and especially Beethoven's 7th symphony that is well fit in the finale. Maybe what I like so much about movies is the combination of photo and music. And the photo by Raoul Coutard (my favorite cinematographer) is amazing. The beautiful and detailed outdoor scenes, the light, the compositions.

The little affair between the American sailor and the 14-year old French girl would probably be classed as soft pedophilia today, btw.

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