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LOLA

2023 · 79 min

A haunting found-footage fable that starts playful and curdles into dread as small choices rewrite history.

Directed by
Andrew Legge
Genres
Drama, Science fiction, War
Tagline
Making history will never be the same again
Overview
Sussex, England, 1938. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Thomasina and Martha Hanbury, two ingenious sisters, create LOLA, a miraculous machine.

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Directed by
Andrew Legge
Genres
Drama, Science fiction, War
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • fate
  • war
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • memory
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • found footage
  • twist ending
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour3
Realism5
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, science fiction, war
Directed by
Andrew Legge
Written by
Andrew Legge, Angeli Macfarlane
Starring
Emma Appleton, Stefanie Martini, Rory Fleck-Byrne, Aaron Monaghan, Theodora Brabazon Legge, Francesca Brabazon Legge, Eva O'Brien, Chacha Seigne
Music
Neil Hannon
Cinematography
Oona Menges
Runtime
79 min
Country
Ireland, United Kingdom
Languages
English, German

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