Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt)

It has been exactly 4 years since Run Lola Run hit the bigscreen in '99. Last night I watched Lola running. The movie is not as long as a full feature film (80 min) but you really do enjoy yourself as if watching three independent short films.

Lola (Franka Portente) has flame red hair and a couple of tattoos. And a very dependent boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreau). Manni has lost 100,000 marks, and is meeting the man who was supposed to get the money in 20 minutes. He is at a phonebooth panicking. It's up to Lola to come up with the money and get to him (on the other side of Berlin) before he goes across the street and robs the supermarket. But wait, 20 minutes you say? But isn't the movie 80 minutes long?

This is where it gets fun. This movie originated with a image of a woman running in director Tom Tykwer's head. The story came later. To read the whole article...

And here are some links about Lola:
Official Site in Sony Pictures
Rotten Tomatoes rating is 93 out of 100 (that means great)
A Tribute Site...
And I liked the posters...