Run Lola Run

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  • Opened August 20, 1998 
  • 1 hr 21 min
  • R | Foul Language and Mature Theme

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. More on child suitability

  • In this visually and conceptually impressive film, two-bit Berlin criminal Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu) delivers some smuggled loot for his boss, Ronnie (Heino Ferch), but accidentally leaves the 100,000 mark payment in a subway car. Given 20 minutes to come up with the money, he calls his girlfriend, Lola (Franka Potente), who sprints through the streets of the city to try to beg the money out of her bank manager father (Herbert Knaup) and get to Manni before he does something desperate. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Ludger Pistor, Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Armin Rohde, Joachim Krol, Nina Petri
  • Director: Tom Tykwer
  • Genres: Suspense/Thriller

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Christian Science Monitor
| David Sterritt

Tykwer's style gives the movie an explosive energy that never quits, marking him as the most ingenious new talent to hail from Germany in ages. Read full review

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Film Threat
| Chris Gore

I can't rave about this film enough -- this is passionate filmmaking at its best. One of the best foreign films, heck, one of the best films I have seen this year -- go see it! Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

An existential chain reaction, yet as remarkable as his cinematic gamesmanship is the way that he traces the anatomy of feeling in Lola. Read full review

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San Francisco Examiner
| Wesley Morris

A knock-down, haywire ballad of the adrenalinization of love and despair. Read full review

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