If you loved The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, try Lola

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Lola has roughly 3.0× fewer votes than The Umbrellas of Cherbourg — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Jacques Demy, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Lola is

The director turns post-war ennui into something resembling a pastel daydream. A drifting man reconnects with the cabaret-dancing mother of his child, and old sparks stir. One suspects the film would have aged better in black and white.

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