Lola Runs
- IMDb link: 0130827
- IMDb rating: 7.6 (217,811 votes)
- Genres: Action, Thriller, Crime, Drama
- Director: Franka Potente, Tom Tykwer, Moritz Bleibtreu
- Cast: Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri and others
- Release date: 18 Jun 1999
- Release year: 1998
- Runtime: 80 minutes
- Country: Germany
- Keywords: butterfly effect, race against time, multiple perspectives, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, berlin germany, repeated event, running woman, fate, female protagonist, techno music
Plot:
The film explores the events that fate alone controls and displays the constant "what if's" that occur every moment and that can easily change the happenings of the next. The film follows the events between a woman, Lola, and her boyfriend, Manni, who she desperately tries to save from death by helping him obtain a huge amount of money he carelessly lost. It takes you on three different journeys with Lola, all controlled by fate, showing you what would happen in each, and all the "what if's" that provide the foundations for each outcome.