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GERMANY · 1998
Run Lola Run
Synopsis
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.
Cinematic DNA
As well as films that had really great driving in them, I was thinking about films that were really tightly wound, almost like a piece of music, and very kinetic. Things like ‘The Bourne Identity,’ ‘Run Lola Run,’ and even ‘Reservoir Dogs’ have this feeling of a clock ticking down.
Run Lola Run is a great example of that feeling of like, 'We're doing a different take.' I'm sure it's amazing how well it's constructed.
— Daniel Scheinert · /Film (Interview with The Daniels)
Films with Similar Themes
time pressure · consequence of choices · urban desperation · relationship under crisis · butterfly effect
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