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- 2023
- Break Out Pictures
- 1 h 19 m
- 2023
- Break Out Pictures
- 1 h 19 m
Summary In 1941 England, two sisters invent a machine that intercepts broadcasts from the future. With World War II dawning, they use it to change history.
Directed By: Andrew Legge
Written By: Angeli Macfarlane, Andrew Legge
- 2023
- Break Out Pictures
- 1 h 19 m
- 2023
- Break Out Pictures
- 1 h 19 m
LOLA
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Summary In 1941 England, two sisters invent a machine that intercepts broadcasts from the future. With World War II dawning, they use it to change history.
Directed By: Andrew Legge
Written By: Angeli Macfarlane, Andrew Legge
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
70
67% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
33% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Shot on film, using vintage equipment, the picture has a scrappy, tactile quality, its ghostly black-and-white images scratched and scorched. Meanwhile, Neil Hannon’s smartly used score envisages a chilling authoritarian future for pop music.
Even with all the metaphysical mayhem, the movie remains rooted in the lives and attitudes of its characters, and in the magnetic performances of Martini and Appleton.
The genius of Legge’s design, and why his debut works as more than just a cute little curio despite its thinness, is that it mines a sneaky emotionality from the bedrock of the film-within-a-film structure.
The most interesting thing about Lola is what Legge achieves with such economy—it feels kind of big at times.
The imbalance between the sketched, what-if nature of the film and the weight of its visual wizardry is keenly felt.
Despite beings shaky in terms of tone – as well with its occasionally obtrusive handheld camera movements – Lola impresses with its refreshing blend of analogue and digital flourishes.
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Awards
Irish Film and Television Awards
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
