The film Run Lola Run was a very interesting premise of a woman who seeks to save her criminal boy friend from being killed by a crime boss. Gender roles play a couple interesting roles in this movie, especially in Lola family. A typical patriarchal family is represented in Lola’s family because her father is the only one who works, yet the movie continuously works against this gender role. Lola spends the entire movie saving her boy friend, rather than him saving her. This also ties into the fairy tale aspect of the film. The movie presents itself with a “damsel in distress theme”, with Lola as the prince and Manni as the damsel, Lola actually has to save Manni. Several times throughout the movie, the guard at the bank also makes comments about Lola being a “princess”, this in combination with the game/quest that is going on reminds me of the knight stories were the knight needs to run to the immediate aid of a “fair young maiden”
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