Movie - Run Lola run

Run Lola Run is a 1998 German thriller film written and directed byTom Tykwer and starring Franka Potente as Lola and Moritz Bleibtreu as Manni. The story follows a woman who needs to obtain 100,000 Deutsche Mark in twenty minutes to save her boyfriend's life.


Run Lola run has a number of different camera shots. To begin with just after the introduction of the film, the basic narrative of the story is constructed by a telephone conversation between the two main characters of the As they converse, chronological flashbacks of first Lola's then Manni's memories introduce the narrative of the film.The scene begins with a stationary establishing satellite shot of Berlin which then flies continuously through Lola's window finally focusing on Lola's ringing phone. As Lola picks up the phone, a camera travels to the phone booth that Manni is in. These two flying shots set a sense of urgency. Manni is clearly in a panic and asks Lola why she was not there for him. Lola explains how she was not able to pick him up as her scooter was stolen when she was purchasing cigarettes, as a flashback to this action is shown in black and white on the screen.


In terms of mise en scene we can see that Lola becomes associated with the color red. Her hair is red, she has red candles, a red phone, and red posters. Where as Manni is associated with yellow. The phone booth is yellow and has blonde hair highlights.The phone booth Manni is in has a close, claustrophobic feeling, reinforcing the tension filled “tight” situation that he has found himself in. Whereas Lola lives in a typical apartment size which is quite spacious suggesting that this may reflect how she is free to run , where as Manni is stuck in his tight situation waiting for someone to save him and release him from it.

This realistic mise-en-scene Run Lola Run puts the viewer in the same frame of thought as the characters. This both adds tension to the scene and makes a deeper connection between the viewers and the characters about their choices and consequences of their actions.