LOLA

LOLA is a 2022 Irish-British found footage science fiction film directed by Andrew Legge, starring Emma Appleton and Stefanie Martini. The film is Legge's feature directorial debut. Plot England, 1941, sisters Thomasina and Martha have created a machine that can intercept broadcasts from the future. This delightful apparatus allows them to explore their inner punk a generation before the movement comes into existence. But with World War II escalating, the sisters decide to use the machine as a weapon of intelligence, with world-altering consequences. Cast Emma Appleton as Thomasina "Thom" Hanbury Stefanie Martini as Martha "Mars" Hanbury (Martine) Rory Fleck Byrne as Lieutenant Sebastien Holloway Aaron Monaghan as Cobcroft Shaun Boylan as Reginald Watson Production Lola was shot in Ireland during lockdown. The scenes between the sisters in their house were shot on 16mm Bolex and Arriflex cameras with period lenses while the newsreel scenes were shot on a 1930s Newman Sinclair 35mm wind up camera on Kodak Double X film. The actresses were trained in how to use the cameras with Stefanie Martini operating the shots which her character is shooting. Much of the film was home processed using a Soviet era 16mm developing tank. Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy (band) wrote the soundtrack which also features Space Oddity by David Bowie, a rearranged version of You Really Got Me by the Kinks and music by Elgar.