A very independently spirited film that deserves to find an audience.

Working with vintage film cameras and period lenses, the cinematographer Oona Menges creates images that seem infused with rationed cigarette smoke.

There’s much to admire here, but with Legge’s keen eye for the technical side of cinema stronger than his narrative impulses, LOLA ultimately has to go down as an ambitious failure.

As the film goes on, it seems to ask us – and its protagonists – if it is really possible to change the future for the best.