Lola
Drama
Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, Lola launches an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything, and everyone, is for sale. Shot in childlike candy colors, Fassbinder’s homage to Josef von Sternberg’s classic The Blue Angel stands as a satiric tribute to capitalism.
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A candy-colored, operatic dive into post-war German capitalism. It's a dizzying, cynical, and darkly funny exploration of desire and corruption, where everyone is for sale and love is just another commodity.
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corruptionbased on novel or booksexual obsessioncapitalismbavaria, germanycoburgfemme fatalepost war germanymistressprostitutionthe miracle on the rhineadenauerwhorehousecabaret performerwest germanycabaret singersystemic corruptionmoral corruption
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