''LOL (Laughing Out Loud)'' is a 2008 French comedy film directed by

Lisa Azuelos Lisa Azuelos (born Elise-Anne Bethsabée Azuelos; 6 November 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French director, writer, and producer. She is the daughter of singer Marie Laforêt. Biography Lisa Azuelos is the daughter of French singer and actr ...

and starring

Sophie Marceau Sophie Marceau (; born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu, 17 November 1966) is a French actress. As a teenager, she achieved popularity with her debut films ''La Boum'' (1980) and ''La Boum 2'' (1982), receiving a César Award for Most Promising Act ...

Christa Theret Christa may refer to: * Christa (given name), a female given name * Janusz Christa (1934-2008), Polish comics author * ''Swedish Fly Girls'', a 1971 film also known as ''Christa'' * 1015 Christa, an asteroid See also * Christ (disambiguation) * C ...

, and

Alexandre Astier Alexandre Astier (born 16 June 1974) is a French writer, director, editor, scriptwriter, humorist, actor and composer. Astier is most known as the creator, director, writer, editor, composer, and lead actor of the French television series '' ...

. Written by Azuelos and Delgado Nans, the film is about a teenage girl whose life is split between her studies in a Parisian high school, her secret diary, her parents, her friends, and her boyfriends. Christa Theret received a

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nomination for Most Promising Actress in 2010. The movie is heavily inspired by ''

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'', which starred Marceau as the teenage character. After the film's great success, several actors from the cast took part in Fort Boyard in 2009, a French TV show aimed at raising money for an association.

Plot

Lola (

) is a teenage girl living with her mother Anne (

), who is divorced from Lola's father, Alain (

). Nicknamed 'LOL' by her friends, Lola has been taking her first steps into teenage romance, dating a boy from her class named Arthur (

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moati, Feli ...

). Following the summer break, Arthur tells her that he cheated on her over the summer and was dating one of her friends. Lola decides to break things off with him, and starts seeing his close friend, Maël (

Jeremy Kapone Jeremy may refer to: * Jeremy (given name), a given name * Jérémy, a French given name * ''Jeremy'' (film), a 1973 film * "Jeremy" (song), a song by Pearl Jam * Jeremy (snail), a left-coiled garden snail that died in 2017 * ''Jeremy'', a 1919 ...

). Lola's friends seem to enjoy complicating matters even more. But life at home has also become impossible with her mother, Anne (

). Lola attempts to play her mother and her father Alain (

) off against each other for her own advantage, but what she doesn't know is that Anne and Alain have begun dating again on the sly. After a class trip to England, her relationship with her mother comes crashing down.

Cast

as Anne *

as Lola *

as Alain *

Jérémy Kapone Jérémy Kapone (born 16 April 1990) is a French actor, model, singer and songwriter, best known for his role in the French film ''LOL (Laughing Out Loud)'' as Maël. He was a member of the band Kaponz & Spinoza and also wrote a song (Exil) fo ...

as Maël * Marion Chabassol as Charlotte * Lou Lesage as Stéphane * Émile Bertherat as Paul-Henri *

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moati, Feli ...

as Arthur * Louis Sommer as Mehdi * Adèle Choubard as Provence * Jade-Rose Parker as Isabelle de Peyrefitte * Warren Guetta as David Lévy *

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as Lucas *

Françoise Fabian Michèle Cortes (born 10 May 1933), known professionally as Françoise Fabian (), is a French film actress. She has appeared in more than 100 films since 1956. In 1971, Fabian signed the Manifesto of the 343 The Manifesto of the 343 (), was a F ...

as Anne's mother * Christiane Millet as Charlotte's mother *

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as The CPE * Thaïs Alessandrin as Louise * Tom Invernizzi as Théo * Stéphanie Murat as Cathy * Laurent Bateau as Romain *

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as Laurence * Pierre Niney as Julien *

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as The minister * Olivier Cruveiller as Maël's father * Katia Caballero as Maël's mother * Vincent Jasinskij as Léon * Patty Hannock as Madame Claude, the English teacher * Virginie Lente as Lili *

as The psychanalyst

Critical response

A cultural critic writing for ''

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'' noted that the film portrayed British culture in the way it is stereotypically imagined by many French, showing a small town outside London where it "never stops raining. The streets are populated by middle-aged women in dowdy floral dresses carrying garish umbrellas. For dinner, the French teenagers are served white bread, marmalade and pasta – on the same plate." In France the film was well received as depicting a generation of youngsters, much as other films in the 1980s and 1990s had.

Remake

An American remake released on 4 May 2012 starring

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, Adam Sevani, and

Douglas Booth Douglas John Booth (born 9 July 1992) is an English actor and musician. He first came to public attention following his performance as Boy George in the BBC Two film ''Worried About the Boy'' (2010). He also starred in the BBC adaptations of ' ...

was a critical and commercial failure.

References

External links

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