Run Lola Run (1998) | agoodmovietowatch
Run Lola Run 8.1 1998 Movie

Run Lola Run

Dir. Tom Tykwer · Germany · English, German

Our take by Daniela

An offbeat film with a more than decent amount of suspense. To that it adds really good music and unexpected animation, to make for a very audacious, interesting and mostly fun film. It uses all this to show how life can change in a twist and how it can be influenced by weird connections of otherwise unrelated events.

What happens

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.

What the critics said

Notable Critics

"Interspersed with Lola's zigzag swiftness are moments when the action shifts into trancelike tableaux."

— Peter Rainer

"Run Lola Run sets new standards for the cinema of hysteria."

— Richard Falcon

Awards

Venice

1 nom

Nominated: Official Selection

BAFTA

2 noms

Nominated: Meilleur film étrangerNominated: Film Not in the English Language

Spirit Awards

1 win

Won: Best Foreign Film

Sundance

1 win

Won: Audience Award (World Cinema)

Nat. Board of Review

1 win

Won: Top Foreign Films

European Film Awards

1 nom

Nominated: European Film

Comments

  1. How wonderful to see this amazing film on a list! I remember seeing this at the art-house cinema in Madison, WI when it first came out. A fantastic, mile-a-minute meta masterpiece.

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