This short German film ends up being different rather than nice, which is somewhat unique. It’s pure laugh gas to sit through, but after two hours, you realise you’ve seen very little, learned very little, and are itching for a movie.

The entire film is scheduled to be shot in only one day.

Lola (Franka Potente) receives a call from Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), her lover. He dropped a bag full of 100,000 Deutsche Marks on the metro, and some thug stole it. Manni is supposed to provide the money to a mobster at midday. He will most likely die if he fails. His last-ditch scheme: heist a bank. Lola’s frantic scheme: locate the cash wherever in 20 minutes.

She takes off to RUN!

Potente’s running symbolises might rather than elegance. She pounds the ground with a thunderous remorselessness, her haunches like pistons and her gluteus maximus muscle an accumulation is rarely seen on this side of an R. Crumb picture. The narrative begins with the thump-thump-thump of her boots, setting the kinetic beat of a frantic quarter-miler balancing speed and stamina in a true middle-distance sprint.

There are moments when Lola runs so fast that the film transitions to animation to capture her excitement. Speedup, immediate replay, black and white options are available. Additionally, Lola’s 20-minute run tale is told three times, with minor variations in each telling that alter the characters’ conclusion and destiny.

In 20 minutes, Lola needs to locate 100,000 marks and give it to her tragic lover Manni, a drug courier, so he can restore the money he misplaced. Manni’s superiors are going to murder him if she can’t come up with the money. With the clock ticking down, Lola goes off the blocks like a sprinter, racing down the street and swerving to dodge automobiles and people while frantically attempting to survive.

And exactly like in a video game, the narrative restarts when she gets there. Even the most minor event, like a trip or accident, can have a significant impact on not just her and Manni’s future but also the future of everyone she interacts with. It can change her schedule by even a few seconds. These minor characters’ stories are quickly flash-forwarded through still images.

The movie also has monochrome, video, and a cartoon version of Lola. However, it takes full use of one element—speed—leaving the viewer as stunned as Lola.

(Fun Fact)

When it was released in 1998 summer of 1998, young ladies with vivid red hair appeared in droves, congealing on Berlin’s streets. Furthermore, not just young girls aspired to appear like Lola. Berlin’s mayor appeared on a poster that mirrored the movie’s design.

“He presents himself as a youthful, dynamic individual”, writer-director Tom Tykwer said in an interview.

Other Indian movies, such as “Neram”, attempted to plagiarise an inspiration model and may have succeeded. It seems that this led a lot of native spectators to think the picture was indeed fresh.

Tom Tykwer is the writer and director of the 1998 German experimental thriller film Run Lola Run (German: Lola rennt, lit. “Lola Runs”).

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