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Actors: Franka Potente,Moritz Bleibtreu
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Run Lola Run |
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The plot is much like a Sliding Doors, Groundhogs Day because of it's alternative outcomes durring the film. Lola (Franka Potente) is confronted with an impossible task. Her dim witted boyfriend, Manny (Moritz Bleibtreu) (The invisible Circus) needs a large sum of cash in 20 minutes. Her vespa is stolen, forcing Lola to run in search of money to bail him out of his sittuation. He says if she is not ther in 2O minutes he will rob a bank for the money. Both characters face the issue of time, and choices. There are multiple outcomes all of which happen with only the slightest change.
Lola runs from her flat, down the stairs and into a German city, to come to Manny's aid with a sack of cash, in time to hand it over to the mob types he is dealing with. If she doesn't make it in time he will probebly be beaten, or worse killed. With each choice, her father, a casino, a bank, she is confronted with a worse outcome.
--Mary , Resident Scholar
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Lola (Franka Potente) is the bohemian daughter of a high-profile banker. Her boyfiend Mani(Moritz Bleibtreu) happens to be a mafia sidekick who carelessly loses a huge sum of money in the subway. Lola has exactly twenty minutes to get him that money or he dies. The movie is a contemplation of what fate could have in store for them as Lola goes about this impossible task.
--Biswa, Resident Scholar
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Lola (Franke Potente) must get her hands on a lot of cash in a very little time in order to save her boyfriend from the gangster thugs he owes money to, but every minute decision she makes will influence who will survive and who will perish in this action-packed exploration into fate, cause and effect.
--Michelle Yusuf, Resident Scholar
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'Run Lola Run' is an offbeat movie, exploring the possibilities of 'what if?', and supports the view that one tiny difference can have enormous consequences. This movie shows the action in three parts, with exactly the same starting point, and shows the possible outcomes of Lola's attempt to save her boyfriend Manni, who owes money to criminals, and has 20 minutes to pay up.
--Soph, Resident Scholar
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Boy, what a rush! Lola's boyfriend Manni lost 100,000 Deutsche marks he was smuggling into the country, and has only 20 minutes until the gang boss expects him to hand it over. Manni got badly hurt the last time he disappointed the guy. "Run Lola Run" consists of Lola's frantic, high-speed search (on foot) for a solution to Manni's problem -- which includes pleading with her harried banker father for help and learning a few of his secrets in the process. But this is not just a caper-thriller; writer-director Tom Tykwer uses animation and some special effects to heighten the exhilaration, and also tells the story three times(!): Lola makes the same sprint, encounters the same pedestrians, and has the same near-miss with a car coming out of an alley ... but never in quite the same way, and with a totally different outcome at the end of each of the three segments. Quite a visual treat.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Theme--"What if" , showing viewers multiple consequences of Lola's quest to save boyfriend.
--Jenny, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Run Lola Run |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- criminal kidnappers
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals stealing from other criminals
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- red
Hair style
- medium/shoulderlgn, straight (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Germany
City?
Yes
City:
- dangerous
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- German
Subtitles?
- Yes
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