For 7 years, Lola, a cabaret entertainer in Nantes, has been waiting for the return of her lover, Michel, who left her with a child and went out into the world to make his fortune. One day, after a brief fling with Frankie, an American sailor who reminds her of Michel, she meets Roland, a childhood friend. A dreamer unable to settle down to a job, Roland has been idling away his time in the company of a lonely widow, Madame Desnoyers, and her 14-year-old daughter, Cécile. Captivated by Lola, Roland unabashedly declares his love for her; but, true to the memory of Michel, she rejects him. Frankie, meanwhile, has also become acquainted with the romantic Cécile, and they spend an afternoon together at a local fair. Then, unexpectedly, Michel returns to Lola and her child. Wildly happy, Lola speeds off in Michel's sleek white Cadillac as a sad and forlorn Roland wanders along a riverside quay. At the same time, young Cécile runs away from home to Cherbourg, the port where Frankie's ship is harbored.

Director:
Jacques Demy	Director
Bernard Toublanc-Michel	Assistant Director
Cast:
Anouk Aimée	as Lola
Marc Michel	as Roland
Jacques Harden	as Michel
Alan Scott	as Frankie
Elina Labourdette	as Madame Desnoyers
Annie Duperoux	as Cécile
Margo Lion	as Michel's mother
Catherine Lutz	as Claire, the waitress
Corinne Marchand	as Daisy
Yvette Anziani	as Madame Frédérique
Gérard Delaroche	as Yvon, Lola's son
Jacques Goasguen	as Librarian
Ginette Valton	as Beauty shop proprietor
Jacques Lebreton	as Bookshop owner
Carlo Nell	as Dancing teacher
Dorothée Blank	as Dolly
Isabelle Lunghini	as Nelly
Annik Noël	as Ellen
Anne Zamire	as Maggie
Babette Barbin	as Minnie
Cinematography:
Raoul Coutard	Director of Photography
Writer:
Jacques Demy	Screenwriter
Producer:
Carlo Ponti	Producer
Georges de Beauregard	Producer
Editing:
Anne-Marie Cotret	Film Editor
Monique Teisseire	Film Editor
Music:
Michel Legrand	Music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Composer
Carl Maria von Weber	Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven	Composer
Marguerite Monnot	Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach	Composer
Art Director:
Bernard Evein	Art Director
Film Production - Main:
Bruna Drigo	Production Manager
Jean-Luc Godard	Prod cons
Rose Sokol	English subtitl

Filmed on location in Nantes. Opened in Paris in March 1961 at 85 min; in Rome in April 1961 as Donna di vita.

Released in France February 14, 1961

Re-released in United States March 22, 2002

Re-released in United States November 16, 2001

Feature directorial debut for Jacques Demy.

Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 6-19, 1997.

Shown in Los Angeles (Laemmle's Monica) September 15-18, 1991 in the series "Lost French Classics."

b&w

Dialogue French

Released in France February 14, 1961

Re-released in United States March 22, 2002 (NuArt; Los Angeles)

Re-released in United States November 16, 2001 (Film Forum; New York City)

"Moi j''etais pour elle" words and music by Marguerite Monnot and "C'est moi, C'est Lola," words and music by Agnés Varda