Details
Lola Blu-Ray
A Contracorriente Films
Original title: Lola
Year: 1961
Country France
Region code: B
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 8436535548793
Image: 2.35:1 2K (1080p)
HDR: -
Audio:
French - DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
Subtitles : Spanish
Rating: 7
Genre: Drama
Cast: Anouk Aimeé, Marc Michel, Elina Labourdette, Alan Scott, Jacques Harden
Director: Jacques Demy
Synopsis:
Lola is the pseudonym of a singer who works in a cabaret in the port of Nantes. Well known to passing sailors, she remains faithful to the memory of Michel, a fleeting lover she met in the past and with whom she had a son, now 7 years old. Michel left her to seek his fortune, without knowing that she was pregnant. The same day he returns to Nantes, Lola meets a childhood friend.
Additional features:
- About Lola (2 min) - Introduction to the film in its film context narrated by Mathieu Demy, son of Jacques Demy.
- About 'Lola' the song (3 min) - Michel Legrand, Agnès Varda and Anouk Aimée tell the story behind the legendary song, as well as Jacques Demy's first contact with the musical.
- Lola in Nantes (4 min) - Images of the tribute that the city of Nantes paid to the film in April 2012 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its premiere, with Anouk Aimée and Mathieu Demy as guests of honor.
- Anouk Aimée talks about her character (4 min) Actress Anouk Aimée remembers the filming of the film, what Lola meant to her and her close relationship with Jacques Demy.
- Restoring Lola in Hollywood (10 min) - Piece about the recovery and restoration process of the film in 2012. Told by Agnès Varda, who searched for copies of the film all over the world, and Mathieu Demy and Tom Burton, head of the film department. restoration by the Technicolor Foundation, who oversaw the restoration at the Technicolor facility in Los Angeles. His intention throughout the process was to return to Lola the light that Jacques Demy and Raoul Coutard, the Nouvelle Vague director of photography, devised for her.
- Trailer (2 min) - Piece made in 2012 to promote the restoration of the film, with introduction by Tom Burton, head of the restoration department at the Technicolor Foundation, and the filmmaker Agnès Varda.
Includes:
- Illustrated 54-page booklet with ins and outs of the production and interesting texts by Jacques Demy, Michel Legrand and Agnès Varda, among others.
