For me, when i watched Holy lola, the movie reminds me of the scenes and music from Taxi Driver, the masterpiece of Martin Scorsese.
In Holy lola movie, most of the scenes were filmed outdoor of Phnom Penh city, on the streets, people with different kinds of automobile driving in the rain, children playing at the sidewalk …. the magnificent landscape of the rice field and the countryside road will let you enjoy this movie pictures and I love all outdoor scenes. The movie will allow you to make a collection of panorama pictures of Phnom Penh city with a very good original music composed.
It’s a movie from Cambodia that talked about something else than just the genocide. It’s talks about a French couple that came to adopt a child from Cambodia. All along the movie is the problems of the paperwork and corruption system of Cambodian administration officers and some systematical error in French administration as well. Just before the premiere of movie on the screen in Phnom Penh, about ten blocked cases was released and finalized due to the movie. At this point, we should know, sometime a movie could change the situation.
But the story, due to the great talent and experiences of well-known director Bertrand Tavernier, was told in a humor way and nothing much from the corruption system will disturb you. The director, beside to try his best to capture every images he found in the city, try to focus on the problem of the couple, rather than being stuck in a corruption system. I got a feeling that he understand why there’s corruption in such poor country.
At the end, even with many issues, Holy lola, the child, have been successfully adopted by the French couple. Most of the cast are French actors and actress that came from France and there are some Cambodians not really professional actors or actress jointed the cast also. When watching the movie, you will feel how the actors and actress have been changed their performance due to being stay on the set, in the real location, they are changed by the Cambodian environment and all of them I believe they love this country.
Synopsis:
A French couple travels to Cambodia, hoping to adopt a child there. Geraldine and Pierre, who have exhausted the adoption procedures in their own country, realize that they’ll have to undergo even more paperwork and procedures in this country haunted by war and torn by misery.
Between the crammed orphanages full of “already adopted” children, the civil servants who offer hope in exchange for cash and the hotel where they meet other couples undergoing the same process, Geraldine is about to give up, while Pierre sours on the whole ordeal. At the end of two months, just as they are on the point of going home empty handed, an eight-month-old baby is finally put into their arms. Only one more test must be faced: obtaining an exit visa for the child…
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Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Music: Henri Texier
Cast: Jacques Gamblin, Isabelle Carre, Lara Guirao, Bruno Putzulu
Title: Holy Lola
Running Time: 125 Minutes
Status: Released
Country: France
Genre: Drama, Foreign
Image Source: Holy lola Official Website
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