Dave Barber Cinematheque
Main Floor - 100 Arthur Street
Winnipeg, MB, Canada, R3B 1H3
Join us for our Staff Picks series, where our Winnipeg Film Group staff will select and introduce new and old favourites. This month’s selection was chosen by Cinematheque Box Office staff Dina Hamid.
Dir. Tom Tykwer
1998, Germany 81 min
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.
Generously sponsored by IATSE 856 Manitoba.
“Racing against time and possibilities to the background of techno music, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 marks to help her boyfriend before he acts recklessly. In this must-watch German experimental thriller, director and screenwriter Tom Tykwer uses mixed media and innovative techniques to storytelling to explore our relationship with time, love, desperation, and chance. The result is a compelling sensory mosaic of vibrant cinematography, suspense, philosophical questions, and excitement.” – Dina Hamid
