Whatever Lola Wants
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Original title | Whatever Lola Wants |
Country of production |
France , Canada |
original language | English , Arabic |
Publishing year | 2007 |
length | 115 minutes |
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Director | Nabil Ayouch |
script | Nabil Ayouch, Jane Hawksley , Nathalie Saugeon |
production | Jake Eberts |
music | Krishna Levy |
camera | Vincent Mathias |
cut | Hervé de Luze |
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Whatever Lola Wants is a French - Canadian film drama from the year 2007 . Nabil Ayouch was responsible for the direction and script , with Laura Ramsey in the lead role . The film premiered at the Dubai International Film Festival on December 11, 2007.
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Lola was born in Wisconsin . When she was old enough, she went to Manhattan , New York City , where she dreams of a career as a dancer. Her close friend Yussef encourages her in her endeavors, but she only has occasional engagements.
In order to earn enough money, Lola works as a postman. During a small appearance, she sees the beautiful Zack, who comes from an Egyptian family and is studying in the USA . He immediately falls in love with her, and Lola also keeps an eye on him. After he flew back to his homeland, Lola bought a ticket and followed him to Cairo .
But Lola quickly learns that Zack is going to marry a woman there that his family has chosen for him. Meanwhile, however, Lola is fascinated by the city and the people, and she stays in Egypt. From then on, she only works harder on her dream of being successful as an oriental dancer. She meets Ismahan, a successful belly dancer who has withdrawn from the public because of a scandal over a mysterious lover. At first, Ismahan refuses to help her and is skeptical, but Lola can convince her, and the two soon become close friends.
A short time later, Lola is a respected dancer. This is how the theater director Nasser Radi becomes aware of them. He hired her, and a little later she was dancing in the famous Nile Tower. During her new job, Lola learns that Nasser was Ismahan's lover. The social conventions, but also the pride of the two, prevented them from being happy.
Lola decides to help the two of them as her career progresses. She manages to reunite them before returning to New York, where she wants to teach the Americans about her way of dancing.
Publications
Whatever Lola Wants premiered in the United Arab Emirates on December 11, 2007 at the Dubai International Film Festival. The film opened in France in April 2007 and in Norway in December of the same year. It wasn't until the following year that Whatever Lola Wants ran in South Korea and in April 2009 in Taiwan .
DVD releases have been made in France, Sweden, Finland, Hungary and the Netherlands.
Web links
- Whatever Lola Wants in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Whatever Lola Wants at rotten tomatoes (English)