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Lola

1981 · 113 min

A candy-colored, cynical satire of postwar greed, where every relationship is a transaction and the bright surface hides moral rot.

Overview: Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, Lola launches an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything, and everyone, is for sale. Shot in childlike candy colors, Fassbinder’s homage to Josef von Sternberg’s classic The Blue Angel stands as a satiric tribute to capitalism.

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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: corruption
class
power
betrayal
love
Places: small town
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	5
Realism	7
Romance	5
Tension	5
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Written by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Pea Fröhlich, Peter Märthesheimer
Starring: Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf, Matthias Fuchs, Helga Feddersen, Karin Baal, Ivan Desny, Elisabeth Volkmann
Music: Peer Raben
Cinematography: Xaver Schwarzenberger
Runtime: 113 min
Country: Germany
Languages: Latin, German, English, French

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