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Lola

1981 · 1h 53m · R Drama, Romance
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, Lola launches an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything, and everyone, is for sale. Shot in childlike candy colors, Fassbinder’s homage to Josef von Sternberg’s classic The Blue Angel stands as a satiric tribute to capitalism.

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A bitter, brisk, sometimes abruptly moving satire about the West German economic 'miracle' of the 50's.

Vincent Canby, New York Times

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