Category: student work

Run Lola Run is by far one of the most unique or creative movies I have seen when it comes to the way it portrays and tells its evolving story. Right away you understand the story when the phone call between Lola and Manni comes to an end. From here on, the story seems to be rather straightforward with some sad/upsetting moments in it. You would hope and think it will wrap up with a happy ending, maybe with the two running away together. That’s what I had thought at first, that is until the main character we follow, Lola, suddenly gets shot and dies in front of Manni.

Suddenly we are sent back to when the phone was first hung up by Lola, the same scene plays as she’s running out the door. Afterwards, things almost feel the same so you think it will end the same. However, there are slight differences with different outcomes that lead to changes in the ending. She keeps getting faster with each reset and thus changes the story’s ending.

All of this, her being faster, is hinted at throughout each phase. From the variation in the way things are shot or the actions taken by Lola. A great example of this is the animation section that plays when she is running down the stairs at the beginning of each reset. The first go is rather straightforward but seems to take quite a while, while the second is interrupted by her getting tripped and falling down said stairs, injuring herself. Finally, in the last run, she clears it in the shortest amount of time. Avoiding the obstacles and getting an incredible amount of extra time, time that came in handy when she made a risky gamble to win the money.