Lola

An interesting tale of crossed destinies directed by Jacques Demy. Anouk Aimée plays Lola, a Caberet dancer and single mother who still pines for Max, the man who left her with a young son seven years before. Marc Michel plays a Roland, no longer quite so young, who loved her when she was Cécile, and seeing her again finds his love for her rekindled. Alan Scott plays Frankie, a sailor who Lola has taken up with temporarily, if only because he looks a lot like Max. Madame Desnoyers and her daughter (also named Cécile) are befriended both by Roland and Frankie, and the relationship between young Cécile and the sailor is meant to rather obviously replicate the experience of Lola and Max. Dedicated to Max Ophuls, interestingly enough.