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Run Lola Run is a German movie wrote and directed by Tom Twyker. In 1998, this movie showed on the big screen with one conflict and three different versions of it. It is an extravagant and interesting movie that shows us how a story can be told in many different ways. Lola, the principal character played by Franka Potente, has twenty minutes to resolve the problem. Her boyfriend lost 100,000 marcos, and if he doesn´t get them back or find a way to earn them in that time he will be death. So in this essay I will try to explain which is the event that changed the story, every time Lola has to run.

There is always a part of the story that is a cartoon. From the beginning of the movie, during the credits there is an animation of Lola running. There is just one event in each one of the three parts of the movies that is a cartoon. The dog is the part of each story that is always an animation. The dog made something different every time that made Lola run faster or lost some time. In the first part the dog barked to Lola and she runs faster. In the second part, the dos bite Lola and she lost time running away from him. And in the last part she jumped over the dog without any loose of time. The dog scene made an important impact on the time Lola has to get the money. In the first part Lola gets earlier without the money and she helps Manni to get it in a robbery, then she was killed when they get out. In the second part, the dog bite her and she lost time, so every other scene is affected because she gets later to every place. And in the third part she didn´t lost any time so she is able to get on time and save her boyfriend.

The reason why the dog scene is a cartoon is that it marks the most important part of every version of how Lola resolved the conflict. The cartoon is very crazy and random, and it is the only scene that is an animation. The faces of the dog and Lola are remarked showing that it is an important moment that you should watch it carefully. The clock is showed before and after so you can see how the time has change.

There could be other events that could change the story. Lola´s father scene could change the story. Every time the scene with Lola´s father is bigger. Her father is an important fact of how she gets the money, but just one time she get it from him and her boyfriend die. The point of the movie is to save Manni not to kill him. The ambulance scene is the other scene that could connect the three parts. The ambulance is an important fact to show how Lola gets distracted but she doesn´t lost a significant amount of time with it. And the thing that happen in with the ambulance doen´t stop her for running.

The only scene in the movie with a considerable change in the time is the one with the dog. That scene changes everything and connected the three parts of the movie. The dog marked in a way how does Lola will resolve the conflict. The first one she will confront her fear, her father and her own death. The second one, the conflict collapses on her and she lost her boyfriend. And the third part she jumped the dog and solved the conflict with benefits. This is why I believe the dog us the main part of the movie.