"Mankind, probably the most mysterious species on our planet. A mystery of open questions. Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going? How do we know what we believe to know? Why do we believe anything at all? Innumerable questions looking for an answer, an answer which will raise the next question and the following answer will raise a following question and so on and so forth. But in the end, isn't it always the same question and always the same answer?
A football is round, a game lasts 90 minutes. That's for sure. Anything else is merely hypothetical. Off we go!"
It was these opening lines that set the stage for the beautiful film, Lola Rennt. It is the story of a couple who must obtain 100,000 marks within 20 minutes. The story is told three times each when the one realised that the money or the life they are about to lead is not the one they want. Each time the money is thrown away in favour of their relationship.
For an action film, it just might have more meaning than meets the eye.
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