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7.6/10   937 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Jacques Demy (writer)
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Release Date:
14 October 1962 (USA) more
Genre:
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
 (From iCelebz. 4 September 2009, 3:06 AM, PDT)

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
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Jacques Demy's first film is a tribute to Max Ophuls. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in True Love and Chaos (1997) more
Soundtrack:
'7ème Symphonie more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Wonderful, 9 February 2002
10/10
Author: Bubba JIojo (marchal@sendme.cz) from Prague, Czech Republic

My all-time favourite. Must have watched it a hundred times, sometimes 4 times in a week, and I never can get tired of it. It's just cinematographic perfection. And I don't have words for Anouk Aimee as Lola. Magic ?

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