Lola awaits the return of her lover who left her with child seven years earlier. In the meantime, she works nights as a cabaret dancer and dreams of a reunion with her long lost love.
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 12 cm monochrome digital optical mixed mono video file Blu-ray disc region A
Target Audience Note:
CHVR: PG
Other Title:
Jacques Demy's Lola [Blu-ray]
Notes:
Special features: Anouk Aimeé [In this 2002 interview, she talks to filmmaker Agnes̀ Varda about playing the role of Lola] ; Lola's song [In this 2008 interview, filmmaker Agnes̀ Varda shares the story behind the song she wrote for Lola, "C'est moi, c'est Lola"] ; Restoration demonstration ; Les horizons morts (1951) [Jacques Demy makes a rare on-screen appearance as the star of this film, his debut dramatic short, about a young man suffering from a broken heart] ; Le sabotier du val du loire (1956) [This short film documents a week in the life of a clog maker in the Loire Valley] ; Ars (1959) [Tells the story of Jean-Marie Baptiste Vianney, the strict and pious pastor of the village of Ars] ; La luxure (1962) [Jacques Demy based this short, made for the omnibus feature The seven deadly sins, on his memories of growing up in Nantes] ; Trailer A restored version of a 1961 feature film Cinematography, Raoul Coutard; editor, Anne-Marie Cotret; music, Michel Legrand Anouk Aimeè (Lola), Marc Michel (Roland), Jacques Harden (Michel), Alan Scott (Frankie), Elina Labourcette (Mrs. Desnoyers), Margo Lion (Jeanne) Set ISBN: 9781604658590 Blu-ray; region A; widescreen presentation; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 or 5.1, mono or surround sound; requires Blu-ray player French dialogue; English subtitles
