Lola, 1961

In 1961, three years before Jacques Demy directed Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), he wrote and directed Lola. As with Umbrellas, Michel Legrand wrote the music, which largely consisted of variations on his Recit de Cassard, or Watch What Happens. As fans of Umbrellas know, this song also plays a dominant and recurring role in U…