Starring ‘The Witcher’s’ Emma Appleton, in ‘LOLA’ Ireland’s Andrew Legge Listens in on the Future
variety.comMarta Balaga In Andrew Legge’s feature debut ‘LOLA’ you don’t have to time-travel in order to see the future. Two sisters create a machine that can intercept broadcasts from the forthcoming decades: It’s 1941 and they can already listen to Bowie.
But World War II soon puts their invention to a much more sinister use.Following its Locarno bow, black-and-white ‘LOLA’ will be shown at the Edinburgh Intl.
Film Festival. A Cowtown Pictures production, it was co-produced by ie ie productions. Bankside Films is handling international sales.Legge played with a similar concept in his short “The Chronoscope,” but there was one significant difference, says the Irish director.“The machine was similar, but it looked into the past.
Which is interesting too, but you are just getting the information. I changed it to the future because I felt it gave me more options.” Despite staying put, the sisters – played by Emma Appleton and Stefanie Martini – can still influence current events based on what they can glimpse.
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