Rating: NR
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release: 03/03/1961(France),
Release Date: 12/09/2003
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: French
Sound: 1
Run Time: 90 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Fox Lorber

Jacques Demy's auspicious debut -- "a musical without music" set in the port city of Nantes -- stars Anouk Aimée as the title character, a cabaret singer awaiting the return of Michel (Jacques Hardin), her long-absent lover and the father of her child. Michel went to America seven years ago and promised to return when he became rich. In Michel's absence, Lola is being courted by her childhood friend Roland (Marc Michel) and American sailor Frankie (Allan Scott). At some point, it seems that Lola will settle down with one of them, but her heart still belongs to Michel. The film is dedicated to Max Ophüls and the film title obviously alludes to Ophüls' Lola Montes as well as to the heroine of Josef Von Sternberg's The Blue Angel. Marc Michel makes a reference to his unrequited love towards Lola when he reappears in Demy's The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964).

~ Yuri German, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Anouk Aimée - Lola
Marc Michel - Roland
Elina Labourdette - Mme. Desnoyers
Jacques Harden - Michel
Alan Scott - Frankie
Annie Duperoux - Cecile
Margo Lion - Jeanne, Michel's Mother

Production:
Jacques Demy - Director
Carlo Ponti Georges de Beauregard - Producer
Gustav von Wangenheim Michel Legrand - Composer
Anne-Marie Cotret - Editor
Jacques Demy - Screen Writer
Raoul Coutard - Cinematographer
Johann Sebastian Bach - Featured Music
Bernard Evein - Production Designer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Featured Music

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
    Catherine Deneuve / 1964
The Young Girls Of Rochefort
    Catherine Deneuve / G / 1967
On the Town
    Gene Kelly / NR / 1949
Le Notti Bianche
    Marcello Mastroianni / 1957

2001 New York Film Critics Circle