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Lola and the Sea

2019 · 90 min

A quiet, emotionally raw journey through grief and estrangement, carried by two wounded people learning to see each other.

Directed by
Laurent Micheli
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mya Bollaers, Benoît Magimel, Els Deceukelier
Overview
Just when Lola, 18 years old and transgender, learns that she can finally have surgery, her mother, who is her only financial support, passes away. Abiding by her mother’s last wishes, Lola and her father, who are permanently in conflict and have not seen each other for two years, undertake a journey all the way to the Belgian coast. They realize the outcome of the journey may not be the one they were both expecting...

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Directed by
Laurent Micheli
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mya Bollaers, Benoît Magimel, Els Deceukelier
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • identity
  • family
  • parenthood
  • healing
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
Laurent Micheli
Starring
Mya Bollaers, Benoît Magimel, Els Deceukelier, Sami Outalbali, Jeremie Zagba, Anemone Valcke, Adriana Da Fonseca, Delphine Bibet
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
90 min
Country
Belgium, France
Languages
French, Dutch

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