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Lola (1986 film)

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Lola
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBigas Luna
Screenplay by
  • Luis Herce
  • Bigas Luna
  • Enrique Viciano
Starring
CinematographyJosé María Civit
Edited byErnest Blasi
Music byJosé Manuel Pagán
Production
company
Figaró Films
Distributed byÓpalo Films
Release date
  • 17 January 1986 (1986-01-17)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Lola is a 1986 Spanish drama film directed by Bigas Luna which stars Ángela Molina as the title character. Patrick Bauchau, Féodor Atkine, and Assumpta Serna co-star.

Plot

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Shoemaking worker Lola lefts husband Mario and then begins a relationship with French car manufacturing manager Robert, but the former re-appears and upends Lola's life.[1][2][3][4]

Cast

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Production

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The film is a Figaró Films production.[7]

Release

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The film was released theatrically in Barcelona on 17 January 1986 and in Madrid on 17 February 1986.[8]

Reception

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Octavi Martí of El País assessed that Bigas Lunas tries to mask various script flaws "by skilfully taking great care with the packaging".[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "El cine de Bigas Luna". Libertad Digital. 6 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Lola". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
  3. ^ Sanabria, Carolina (2008a). "Modelos de la femme fatale en el cine de Bigas Luna: Lola y Lulú" (PDF). Revista Espiga (1617). San Pedro de Montes de Oca: Universidad Estatal a Distancia. ISSN 1409-4002.
  4. ^ Schwartz, Ronald (2008). Great Spanish Films Since 1950. Lanham: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-8108-5405-5.
  5. ^ Berthier, Nancy (2001). Le cinéma de Bigas Luna. Presses Universitaires du Mirail. p. 103. ISBN 9782858165377.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Berthier 2001, p. 103.
  7. ^ Sanabria 2008b, p. 45.
  8. ^ Sanabria, Carolina (2008b). "De María a Lola y Lulú: descenso del cielo a los infiernos en la obra de transición de Bigas Luna". Káñina. 32 (2). Universidad de Costa Rica: 45. ISSN 0378-0473.
  9. ^ Martí, Octavi (11 February 1986). "La importancia del envoltorio". El País.