Frank & Lola Page #4

Synopsis: A psychosexual noir love story, set in Las Vegas and Paris, about love, obsession, sex, betrayal, revenge and, ultimately, the search for redemption.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Matthew Ross
Production: Parts and Labor
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
56
Rotten Tomatoes:
65%
UNRATED
Year:
2016
88 min
$5,747
Website
188 Views


at my local bistro?

Marty Summers is my American accountant.

He's not a teacher.

(CLICKS TONGUE) OK.

What do you want?

What have I done to you?

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

You don't just rape a girl,

and get away with it.

I never raped anyone in my whole life.

- Now who told you that?

- It doesn't matter.

Of course it matters.

It matters for me.

You know, you have

to give me a chance to defend myself.

Queens. Is that where you live?

Hm...

So let me guess.

It's Las Vegas, right?

Hmm.

I start to know what this is all about.

Come on. Hey, hey.

(KEYS CLINK)

(TV BEEPS)

ALAN ON VIDEO:
Play with her.

LOLA:
Ask me nicely, Alan.

ALAN:
I'm not going to ask you nicely.

Play with her. Do it.

LOLA:
Fine.

ALAN:
Keep going.

Now, look at me. Both, both of you.

I think I know what you want.

- ALAN:
No, you don't.

- Yeah, I do.

ALAN:
No, you don't.

- Put it back on.

- Could you please put down your knife?

Put it back on.

(TV BEEPS)

You want us to get rough.

You want to see it really f***ing rough.

You want to be a part of it.

But it's just the two of us

and you're left out.

ALAN:
No, I'm not getting left out.

LOLA:
We're gonna love it.

You want us to love it so much,

and we will.

We're gonna f***ing love it.

ALAN:
Do you want me

to give it to you rough?

LOLA:
Yeah, I want you to give it to me.

ALAN:
Come here.

Come here, come here.

Come here, now. Come here.

(SIGHS) You asked me before

if I ever broke the rules.

I did once with her.

So it was serious, huh?

I mean, you, uh...

(SIGHS) It was real?

Yeah. Quite real.

And I'm dreadfully sorry

that you have to see the tape.

No man should be exposed to that.

Yeah, I'm sorry about that.

I had no idea.

She can be very convincing.

Are you two still together?

Who was the other girl?

ALAN:
We met her at a club.

I was actually planning

dropping by there tonight.

Maybe you wanna to come along?

Merci. Come on. Come on.

- Bonjour.

- Hi.

(DUB-STEP MUSIC PLAYS)

(WOMAN MOANS)

(WOMAN GASPS)

Sorry, I have an early appointment.

Will you be alright by yourself?

Yeah, man, I'm fine.

I'm coming to Las Vegas

in a while for business.

Here's my card.

I stay at the Encore Hotel.

Hey, Alan...

What?

Thanks.

(MOANING)

(IN FRENCH) You aren't participating?

Not really my thing.

Then why are you here?

It's where I ended up.

If I'm gonna f***,

I don't need an audience.

A floor. A bed. Not this.

Then that's why you're here?

To find someone,

and take her somewhere more private?

I haven't decided yet.

Let me know if you do.

I might be able to help.

(DUB-STEP MUSIC PLAYS)

- FRANK IN FRENCH: How much?

- A hundred.

(SNIFFS)

(CHURCH BELLS RING IN THE DISTANCE)

(PHONE RINGS)

The restaurant I am planning

is not small,

and there will be a lot of visibility.

You are very impressive in the kitchen.

But are you strong enough

for the pressure,

the responsibility

of what will be in front of you?

Oui.

Does the ride that just dropped you off

mean what I think it means?

What?

I was watching from the balcony.

Yeah, I got it.

- Yes!

- Hm-hm.

I knew that you would!

You hungry?

Yeah, sure.

Good, 'cause I'm taking you out.

(LOLA PANTS)

You saw him.

In Paris.

What did he tell you?

Come on. Let's eat later.

Do you have any idea...

what it's like

to watch someone you love...

take orders like a little whore?

(LOLA GASPS)

Down on her hands and knees?

(LOLA GASPS AND MOANS)

(SIGHS) Oh, what a beautiful cock.

- (LOLA GROANS)

- (GRUNTS)

LOLA:
He showed you the video.

He knew I was gonna hurt him.

Because of what you said, you know.

He took me to his favorite club.

(SOBS) Did you go home with anyone?

Some rich lady and her friend.

So now I'm rotten.

So are you.

So is this.

I'll come back and get my sh*t tomorrow.

(DOOR OPENS)

You said you'd be gone by six.

It's nearly seven.

I just wanna know what happened.

The truth, you know.

Please.

He played you.

You got played.

What?

The woman

who picked you up in the club...

what did she look like?

What difference does it make?

Did she live in the Seventh,

in a mansion?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, that's Claire. That's his wife.

Getting her to misbehave

allows him to do whatever he wants.

(SIGHS)

He's the one

you f***ed in the hotel, right?

Yeah.

Why?

Pour me a drink.

- (FRANK POURS DRINK)

- (KEYS CLINK ON TABLE)

I went to Paris to study.

And Alan was the only person

that I knew.

He said that I could

have the place all to myself.

And I remember my first night there.

I was sitting in the kitchen,

and I was looking

out the window over Paris,

and I thought, "Wow, for the first time,

I'm not surrounded by chaos."

And then I went to bed.

And when I woke up,

he had already tied

my hands and feet to the bed.

It wasn't the rape, and he did rape me,

that turned me into this...

this crazy person.

What f***ed me up

was that I didn't leave.

I stayed with him.

What f***ed me up...

was that I fell in love with him.

I found out that I was pregnant.

And he just disappeared.

And I freaked out

and started calling the house,

and his wife said to me

that if I got an abortion...

if I left France immediately, she was

gonna write me a check for $400,000.

So I came here...

a week later.

And that's when I met you.

And that morning...

he called me, and he was begging me

to let him apologize.

And I had...

I had no intention of f***ing him.

And then I... I think...

I just... like, I think I shut down.

I just let him do it.

And when it was over...

I started to panic.

Because all I could think about was you.

And what I'd just destroyed.

Lola...

I didn't think that...

you'd just take me back.

But you did.

Baby, why didn't you

just tell me this before?

Why did you track him down, Frank?

You said that what we have is rotten.

And you're right.

No.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

(LOLA SOBS)

I-I just think that it's... it's time

that we let each other go.

No.

- You can...

- No.

You can leave your keys on the table.

(LIGHT SWITCH CLICKS)

The new sh*t comes Monday, right?

S, jefe.

You think you could handle

that delivery by yourself?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. No problem. (COUGHS)

(PHONE LINE RINGS)

- CHARLES:
Bonjour.

- Bonjour, Charles.

- How is everything?

- Oh, yeah, we're here now. It's great.

- It's perfect.

- Super, Frank.

Well, I wanted to come to Paris,

and cook Henri the complete menu.

- Well, yes, of course.

- Yeah.

Trs bien. When?

- I was thinking maybe next week.

- Terrific.

(CHILDREN SHOUTING IN THE PARK)

(DOOR OPENS)

Bravo, monsieur.

- (IN FRENCH) What's your business here?

- I'm here to see Madame Le Tellier.

- Then give her a call.

- No, it's OK. I know him.

we would be talking

about that troublesome little girl,

I wouldn't have invited you in.

I understand. I'm sorry, but...

I need to hear it from you.

Because you don't trust her?

Because I need to know that I can.

And if I don't want to discuss it?

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