LOLA
O.V. in French subtitled in English and Spanish
Lola, 18, has been away from her family for some time because her father Philippe does not accept that she has undergone a gender transition. On the verge of the procedure that will make her a woman, she receives the news of her mother's death. She has to meet her father again (who prevents Lola from attending the funeral out of shame) in order to fulfill her mother's final wish: to have her ashes scattered at sea. This is the beginning of a bumpy journey, in an unconventional road movie that explores the relationship between father and daughter.
Direction: Laurent Micheli
Script: Laurent Micheli
Cinematography: Olivier Boonjing
Editing: Julie Naas
Music: Raf Keunen
Sound: Arnaud Calvar, Gilles Benardea
Cast: Benoit Magimel, Mya Bollaers
Production: Benoit Roland, Sébastien Haguenauer
Production Company: 10:15! Productions, Wrong Men
Laurent Micheli
Born in Brussels in 1982 and first trained at the INSAS in dramatic interpretation, Laurent Micheli worked as an actor for 10 years. On stage, he worked in France and in Belgium, both in classical and contemporary texts. The desire to carry his own projects quickly pushed him to direct, especially with the Belgian collective Madame Véro (Les Trublions, 2008 and Ouasmok, 2010). Then, he directed his first feature film, Even Lovers Get The Blues, released in 2017: it was selected in many international festivals and received many awards, and two nominations at the Magritte Awards 2018. In addition, Micheli studied at the Writing Workshop of La Femis in Paris from which he graduated in 2016, and is also the winner of Émergence in 2018. Lola is his second feature film.