Lola Blog

To be honest, I previously watched this movie years ago in my high school German class.  The first time I had watched this movie, I did not like it.  I found the movie to become a bit tedious and repetitive.  As in, how many times do I really have to watch Lola run through Berlin?  Since the movie became very dreary, I took the plot line for face value, and I did not dig deeper into the hidden meanings of the relationship between Lola and Manni.  But now after having watched this movie for a second time, I can see that not only does this movie convey much about gender roles, it also can clearly relate to Erec and Enide.  The relationship between Manni and Lola is quite tumultuous and a bit confusing.  The movie clearly shows the stereotypical gender roles of society through the use of Manni and Lola.  Manni portrays how men stereotypically expect their female partners to help them in times of need.  Whereas, Lola perpetuates the stereotype that females have the need to want to save their male partners.  This can relate back to Erec and Enide.  Erec puts Enide through any various trials just like Manni does with Lola to prove that Enide truly cares about him.  While it might appear that both men are the heroes, it is in actuality both of the women who are.  Both women prove that their wits are far superior to that of their partners.  Just like Enide, Lola proves her intelligent over Manni by being able to keep her secrets to herself without Manni's suspicion (i.e. at the end of the movie when Manni asks what is in the bag).  While I still find the movie to be a bit repetitive, watching it again has allowed me to be able to relate the themes of the movie back to Erec ad Enide.