Lola
SpanishLo que sé de Lola
FrenchCe que je sais de Lola
Directed byJavier Rebollo
Screenplay by
  • Javier Rebollo
  • Lola Mayo
Starring
CinematographySantiago Racaj
Edited byÁngel Hernández Zoido
Production
companies
  • Lazennec & Associes
  • Lolita Films
  • Malvarrosa Media
Release dates
  • September 2006 (2006-09) (San Sebastián)
  • 29 September 2006 (2006-09-29) (Spain)
  • 1 August 2007 (2007-08-01) (France)
Countries
  • Spain
  • France
Languages
  • French
  • Spanish

Lola or What I Know About Lola (Spanish: Lo que sé de Lola; French: Ce que je sais de Lola) is a 2006 Spanish-French film directed by Javier Rebollo which stars Michaël Abiteboul and Lola Dueñas as Léon and Lola alongside Carmen Machi and Lucienne Deschamps .

Plot

Set in Paris, the plot concerns Léon, an asocial man living with his mother who starts observing newcomer Lola, a vivacious Spaniard.

Cast

Production

The screenplay was penned by Javier Rebollo and Lola Mayo.[2] A Spanish-French co-production, the film was produced by a Lazennec & Associes, Lolita Films and Malvarrosa Media with the participation of TVE and RTVV.[3]

Release

The film premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2006.[4][5] It also screened at the 50th London Film Festival in 2006,[6] and at the 8th Seoul International Film Festival in 2007.[5] It opened in Spanish theatres on 29 September 2006,[1] and it did so in French theatres on 1 August 2007.[7] Santiago Racaj was responsible for cinematography whereas Ángel Hernández Zoido took over film editing.[3]

Reception

Javier Ocaña of El País pointed out that "by means of fixed shots, ultra-orthodox framing and a scrupulous control of the point of view", Rebollo tells us, as if the film were a documentary about animals, about "human fauna".[4]

Mirito Torreiro of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, praising the "coherence with which it presents a story of voyeurism without moral alibis", while citing the "(necessary) weariness that runs through some moments of the plot" as the worst thing about it.[8]

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be "a meticulously constructed and ambitious if somewhat ponderous take on loneliness", "making for an interesting but ultimately uninvolving experience", in which Lola Dueñas is "easily the best thing" about it.[3]

Accolades

Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
200650th London Film FestivalFIPRESCI Jury AwardWon[6]
200721st Goya AwardsBest New DirectorJavier RebolloNominated[9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Lo que sé de Lola". El Mundo. January 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  2. ↑ Monteagudo, Lucian (2 October 2008). "La soledad se lleva mejor de a dos". Página|12.
  3. 1 2 3 Holland, Jonathan (4 October 2006). "What I Know About Lola". Variety.
  4. 1 2 Ocaña, Javier (29 September 2006). "La fauna humana". El País.
  5. 1 2 "'Lo que sé de Lola', gran triunfadora en Seúl". El Mundo. 16 September 2007.
  6. 1 2 Bono, Ferran (3 November 2006). "'Lo que sé de Lola' obtiene el premio de la crítica del festival de Londres". El País.
  7. ↑ "Lo que sé de Lola". Cineuropa. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  8. ↑ Torreiro, Mirito (29 May 2008). "Lo que sé de Lola". Fotogramas.
  9. ↑ "Lo que sé de Lola". premiosgoya.com.
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