Director
Andrew Legge
Starring
Stefanie Martini, Emma Appleton, Rory Fleck Byrne, Aaron Monaghan
Release Year
2022
Country of Origin
Ireland, UK
Language
English
Director of Photography: Oona Menges
Exec Producer: David Legge, Gus Legge, Mary Legge, Thomas Legge
Produced by: Alan Maher, John Wallace
Music: Neil Hannon
Screenplay by: Henrietta Ashworth, Jessica Ashworth
LOLA
Part of the The Powell & Pressburger Award for Best Feature Film Strand
In 1941, music-loving sisters Thomasina and Martha Hanbury build a machine called L.O.L.A, which can intercept radio and TV broadcasts from the future. Initially using it to become the first fans of David Bowie, as WWII escalates the siblings deploy their precognition contraption in the military intelligence fight against the Nazis. Cleverly constructed using distressed B&W film stock, this playful first feature mixes fake celluloid newsreels with genuine archive, plus sardonic synth-pop songs by The Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon. [15]