Lola | Lola vers la mer

Carmel International Competition

  • Archive - Festival 36
  • Director: Laurent Micheli
  • Belgium, France 2019
  • 90 minutes
  • French
  • Subtitles in Hebrew

Lola - 18 years old and transgender - learns that she can finally have surgery just when her mother, who is her only financial support, passes away. Abiding by her mother’s last wishes, Lola and her father undertake a journey all the way to the Belgian coast. The two are permanently in conflict, have not seen each other for two years, and realize the outcome of the journey may not be the one they were both expecting...

“Lola” presents an engaging and sensitive film on transidentity. The role of Lola is played by Mya Bollaers, a young trans actress in her first role.

Filmography: Even Lovers Get The Blues (2017).


  • Director Laurent Micheli
  • Production Benoit Roland, Sébastien Haguenauer
  • Script Laurent Micheli
  • Cinematography Olivier Boonjing
  • Editing Julie Naas
  • Music Raf Keunen
  • Festivals Angoulême
  • Actors Benoît Magimel, Mya Bollaers
  • Source Les Films du Losange, Paris