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Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt)

LOLA RENNT – VARIOUS [DVD]

What is it?

The 1998 German experimental thriller movie Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt).

Run Lola Run Trailer
LOLA RENNT | Trailer (XV)

What is it about?

This is how Rotten Tomatoes describes this movie:

Presenting his third feature after last year’s acclaimed Wintersleepers, Tom Tykwer cranks up the volume, stiffens the pace, and jettisons us on one of this year’s most exhilarating cinematic adventures.

A breathtaking race against the clock, Run Lola Run straps Tykwers’ playfully hip sensibilities to a fun-filled mix of romance, thrills, and action as his tireless heroine pounds the pavement and racks her brain to save her lover from danger.

Manni and Lola are twenty-something Berliners, way past cool and desperately in love.

When Manni, a local criminal’s errand boy, loses twenty thousand Marks, he has twenty minutes to find the money or face retaliation.

Not the brightest bulb, Manni turns to the quick-witted, resourceful Lola to devise a plan to save his hide.

And so she does, and off she sprints, running for Manni’s life, for her love, and to find money somewhere, somehow.

Dangling three “what if” variations on Lola’s mission to save her mate, Run Lola Run propels us toward each outcome with a delicious peppering of surprises, quirks, and twists.

A sure-fire hit with audiences, Run Lola Run brings to the screen two actors of immeasurable charisma: Franka Potente as the heroic, flame-haired Lola, and Moritz Bleibtreu as her doltish but devoted lover.

Scoring his delirious staccato mix of animation, still photographs, and live action to a pounding techno beat, Tykwer reveals himself a virtuoso of the medium and, at the same time, a passionate believer in destiny and the transcendent power of love.

  • Rating: R
  • Genre: Mystery & thriller, Action
  • Original Language: German
  • Director: Tom Tykwer
  • Producer: Stefan Arndt, Gebhard Henke, Andreas Schreitmüller
  • Writer: Tom Tykwer
  • Release Date (Theaters): Jun 18, 1999  Wide
  • Release Date (Streaming): Aug 23, 2016
  • Box Office (Gross USA): $7.3M
  • Runtime: 1h 21m
  • Distributor: Columbia Tristar, Sony Pictures Classics
  • Production Co: X-Filme Creative Pool, Arte, Westdeutscher Rundfunk
  • Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital

Here is how Wikipedia describes this movie:

Run Lola Run (German: Lola rennt, lit. “Lola Runs”) is a 1998 German experimental thriller film written and directed by Tom Tykwer.

The story follows a woman named Lola (Franka Potente) who needs to obtain 100,000 Deutschmarks in twenty minutes to save the life of her boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu).

Run Lola Run screened at the Venice Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Lion.[3]

Following its release, the film received critical acclaim and several accolades, including the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, Best Film at the Seattle International Film Festival, and seven awards at the German Film Awards.

It was also selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards, though it was not ultimately nominated.[4][5]

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