Sauve-toi, Lola (1986)

Director:

Michel Drach

Writers:

Michel Drach, Ania Francosi (novel),

Stars:

Carole Laure, Jeanne Moreau, Dominique Labourier

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Carole Laure	...	Lola
Jeanne Moreau	...	Marie-Aude Schneider
Dominique Labourier	...	Cathy Duparc
Sami Frey	...	Tobman
Robert Charlebois	...	Ferdinand
Jacques François	...	Charles Schneider
Jean-Yves Gautier	...	Bertrand Benoît, dit BB
Guy Bedos	...	Tsoukolvsy, le psy
Gilette Barbier
Maryline Even	...	Maryvonne
Isabelle Pasco	...	Marielle
France Zobda
Julien Drach	...	Bolivar
Yoland Guérard
Philippe Khorsand	...	Rafael Zappa, alias Maurice

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

terminal illness | cancer | based on novel | character name in title

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France Canada

Language:

French

Release Date:

3 September 1986 (France)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Films A2, Onyx Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

User Reviews

One of the biggest threats of our times...

.....is certainly cancer.and someone who tells you he is not afraid of it is definitively a liar."Sauve-toi Lola" deals with this harsh subject,but it avoids the maudlin side of this kind of story (remember the last part of "love story") The title may mean "run away Lola" but it certainly means ,in the director's mind ,"help yourself ,Lola" "you've got to take the bull by the horns ,Lola".And Lola ,played by a never better Carole Laure begins her fight with small victories and big defeats,but never giving up hope.She meets other patients,one of whom played by an excellent Jeanne Moreau.This is certainly Drach's best film in the eighties, a return to form after the dismal Maupassant biography.Sadly he was to die four years later.