Water Lola
A woman lays in a hospital bed. A plastic tube feeds her and an other one let her breath. She is Lola (31) and has been on a coma for the last three years after after she attempted to commit suicide.…
Water Lola
A woman lays in a hospital bed. A plastic tube feeds her and an other one let her breath. She is Lola (31) and has been on a coma for the last three years after after she attempted to commit suicide. Suddenly she wake up. In a villa in Acapulco in front of the pacific ocean, Douglas (50), a therapist who uses a cane to walk due to a disability, has his healing center. His patients and guests live all together there. Douglas's methods are unorthodox but people seems to be fascinated and dazzled. Eduardo (35) is a frustrated writer who has been hired by Douglas to write his memoirs. He attends astonished to the therapeutic rituals and has long chats with Douglas in order to sketch out the book. Eduardo gets isolated trying to decipher the enigmatic personality of his host. At night, when everyone is sleeping, Douglas gets out of the villa in a limousine an assists to a table dance weird show played by Julia, a young and beautiful dancer. The private show ends up when Julia surrounds with a kerchief Douglas's neck and pull it until he starts to get asphyxiated. It is the choking game. One year later we see Julia in a therapy in front of a woman psychologist. She talks about her past, about her failed relationships with men. Through the waves of the sea Lola swims and tries to reach the beach. The sea is brave, the current move her around. In front of Eduardo, Douglas expresses concern about the future of his patients, about the impression he causes on them, and whatever could happen if he disappear. In the therapy hall Douglas treats a patient. Eduardo witness everything. The therapist asks the patient why he wanted to die. After a disturbing silence, Douglas put three drops of a liquid into a glass of water, then he urges the patient to drink it. He obeys and after that Douglas commands him to vomit. The scene is bizarre. After they left Eduardo asks Douglas what the patient had drunk, he answers it was tetrodotoxin, a powerful poison that can causes death with only three drops. Lola finally reaches the coast. She walks as a revenant through the beach. Estefania (40) is Douglas's wife, he trusts her and they manage together the healing centre. She is suspicious about Eduardo, and doubts about his intentions and thinks he is a risk. Douglas doesn't give any importance to this opinions. When everyone is resting, the couple are in the roof top having a drink. Estefania plays some music, and Douglas stands and dances vividly with her. Eduardo has listened the music and stares hidden the show. He can't believe it, Douglas is faking his disability. he does't need the cane. The next day takes places a tragedy. Ramiro, an assistant to Douglas, commit suicide jumping from the top of the cliff. This evening at the dinner Douglas says a few words as a tribute to Ramiro. He does't allow the servant to remove Ramiro's plate from the table. He expresses the false respect he never had to Ramiro. Estefania seems to be skeptical to all this parliament. Also she seems to recognise one person seated at the table; a reporter who has been invited to the house to record what happens there. At night Lola arrives at the house. She is welcome by Estefania, who leads her to her room. Alone at night Lola connects the audio device that reproduces the vital signs as it sounded in the hospital. She is trying to sleep but the noises of two women moaning disturbs her. In that bedroom this two girls play the choking game, one asphyxiate the other meanwhile they have sex. Eduardo lies on a hammoc by the pool. Lola walks by and they look at each other. She keeps walking, he follows her. In an other room they chat for the first time.She tells him that she also tried to commit suicide. Meanwhile in the house Douglas keeps "healing" his patients, the methods are extravagant but none seems to be worried. Julia is in the therapy room, a year after, she keeps talking about her relationships with men. Finally she talks about Ulises, the last man he had been with. Eduardo and Douglas talks and discuss. The therapist doesn't like what the writer has written. It gets revealed that Douglas is an orphan and he is constantly lying Eduardo. Then Eduardo goes to have dinner with Estefania and other patients. When they finish they talk about what Douglas and her do in the house, how they help people. The writer ask her how they met. Estefania tells him that they were flying in the same plane from México to LA, a passenger got mad and said he was going to explode a bomb in the plane, Douglas calmed him and nothing happened. But she got in love that day. Eduardo opens up and tells her he does't trust their methods. He thinks everything that happen there is insane. Estefania got mad and tells him not to talk like that in front of Douglas. The day after Lola and Eduardo chat near the pool, they are getting along well and she looks better. While she is swimming Douglas comes by and talk to Eduardo, he says to the writer to avoid angering EstefanÃa. Lola is at the other side of the pool, she sees Douglas and sumerges herself in the water, then we the therapist has gone she runs away. Eduardo asks her what happen and follows her. Near the cliff, out of the house they talk. Lola tells the truth to Eduardo, she tried to commit suicide because she thought she killed Douglas three years ago, playing the choking game. Eduardo is astonished, tries to calm her, she is crying. Eduardo alone in his room is writing something else, not the memories of Douglas but the real story of what he is discovering. He is nervous, he wants to get away, doubts, then decide to stay and put on the paper all of this revelations. He wants Lola not to leave the house but confront Douglas, let everyone know what kind of man he is. She is also scared. Again at Eduardo's room he struggles between reality and fantasy, he is concentrated writing but someone knocks the door. Douglas shows off and sees Eduardo's baggage, he asks him why he wants to leave without having finished his job. The writer tells him he is not going to leave the house, but he was confused before. Eduardo says he wants to know something. He grabs Douglas's cane and throws it away. He knows he is faking and wants to know why. The therapist seats on the bed and talks about his needs, he needs others to feel compassion for him. Eduardo laughs, Douglas warns him not to tell this to anyone, then he leaves the room. Eduardo keeps envisioning what Douglas would be doing in the privacy of his bedroom with Estefania. Again the choking game takes places between the couple. Nothing seems to be real, but he likes what he is writing. So he figures it out a performance in which he and Lola unmasks Douglas and then it take place. Eduardo and Lola talk to Douglas and ask him many questions related to all the lies he said. Estefania appear and also confronts his husband and realise he is still married to Lola. This confrontation ends up when she hits Douglas with the cane. Julia keeps talking to the therapist, she tells her how she meet Ulises at a club where she was a dancer, she fainted at the stage and he took her to a hospital where they had the change to know each other. They started a relationship, and she finally confesses she killed him playing the choking game. Douglas and Ulises are the same person. Estefania is assimilating who his husband really is, a liar, a psycho, and a coward. She tells him she is fed up of all of this, so their relationship has reach a non return point. At the pool everyone is having fun. All the patients surround a girl, also Estefania. Eduardo and Lola talk, she asks how he is going to finish the book. He wants it to be a novel, a fiction, but she does't understand because almost everything he has written is true. Thats not the point, answer Eduardo. Douglas shows up and starts to deliver a speech to all the people, but no one listen to him,he just lost attention and he realises it. He leaves finally the house. Julia gets out of the hospital and Douglas picks her up. So that's how he runs away and starts a new life with no regret at all. Eduardo and Lola are in the beach, happy and calm.
Water Lola
Drama
Film Details
A woman lays in a hospital bed. A plastic tube feeds her and an other one let her breath. She is Lola (31) and has been on a coma for the last three years after after she attempted to commit suicide.
Suddenly she wake up. In a villa in Acapulco in front of the pacific ocean, Douglas (50), a therapist who uses a cane to walk due to a disability, has his healing center. His patients and guests live all together there.
Douglas's methods are unorthodox but people seems to be fascinated and dazzled. Eduardo (35) is a frustrated writer who has been hired by Douglas to write his memoirs. He attends astonished to the therapeutic rituals and has long chats with Douglas in order to sketch out the book.
Eduardo gets isolated trying to decipher the enigmatic personality of his host. At night, when everyone is sleeping, Douglas gets out of the villa in a limousine an assists to a table dance weird show played by Julia, a young and beautiful dancer. The private show ends up when Julia surrounds with a kerchief Douglas's neck and pull it until he starts to get asphyxiated.
It is the choking game. One year later we see Julia in a therapy in front of a woman psychologist. She talks about her past, about her failed relationships with men.
Through the waves of the sea Lola swims and tries to reach the beach. The sea is brave, the current move her around. In front of Eduardo, Douglas expresses concern about the future of his patients, about the impression he causes on them, and whatever could happen if he disappear.
In the therapy hall Douglas treats a patient. Eduardo witness everything. The therapist asks the patient why he wanted to die.
After a disturbing silence, Douglas put three drops of a liquid into a glass of water, then he urges the patient to drink it. He obeys and after that Douglas commands him to vomit. The scene is bizarre.
After they left Eduardo asks Douglas what the patient had drunk, he answers it was tetrodotoxin, a powerful poison that can causes death with only three drops. Lola finally reaches the coast. She walks as a revenant through the beach.
Estefania (40) is Douglas's wife, he trusts her and they manage together the healing centre. She is suspicious about Eduardo, and doubts about his intentions and thinks he is a risk. Douglas doesn't give any importance to this opinions.
When everyone is resting, the couple are in the roof top having a drink. Estefania plays some music, and Douglas stands and dances vividly with her. Eduardo has listened the music and stares hidden the show.
He can't believe it, Douglas is faking his disability. he does't need the cane. The next day takes places a tragedy.
Ramiro, an assistant to Douglas, commit suicide jumping from the top of the cliff. This evening at the dinner Douglas says a few words as a tribute to Ramiro. He does't allow the servant to remove Ramiro's plate from the table.
He expresses the false respect he never had to Ramiro. Estefania seems to be skeptical to all this parliament. Also she seems to recognise one person seated at the table; a reporter who has been invited to the house to record what happens there.
At night Lola arrives at the house. She is welcome by Estefania, who leads her to her room. Alone at night Lola connects the audio device that reproduces the vital signs as it sounded in the hospital.
She is trying to sleep but the noises of two women moaning disturbs her. In that bedroom this two girls play the choking game, one asphyxiate the other meanwhile they have sex. Eduardo lies on a hammoc by the pool.
Lola walks by and they look at each other. She keeps walking, he follows her. In an other room they chat for the first time.She tells him that she also tried to commit suicide.
Meanwhile in the house Douglas keeps "healing" his patients, the methods are extravagant but none seems to be worried. Julia is in the therapy room, a year after, she keeps talking about her relationships with men. Finally she talks about Ulises, the last man he had been with.
Eduardo and Douglas talks and discuss. The therapist doesn't like what the writer has written. It gets revealed that Douglas is an orphan and he is constantly lying Eduardo.
Then Eduardo goes to have dinner with Estefania and other patients. When they finish they talk about what Douglas and her do in the house, how they help people. The writer ask her how they met.
Estefania tells him that they were flying in the same plane from México to LA, a passenger got mad and said he was going to explode a bomb in the plane, Douglas calmed him and nothing happened. But she got in love that day. Eduardo opens up and tells her he does't trust their methods.
He thinks everything that happen there is insane. Estefania got mad and tells him not to talk like that in front of Douglas. The day after Lola and Eduardo chat near the pool, they are getting along well and she looks better.
While she is swimming Douglas comes by and talk to Eduardo, he says to the writer to avoid angering EstefanÃa. Lola is at the other side of the pool, she sees Douglas and sumerges herself in the water, then we the therapist has gone she runs away. Eduardo asks her what happen and follows her.
Near the cliff, out of the house they talk. Lola tells the truth to Eduardo, she tried to commit suicide because she thought she killed Douglas three years ago, playing the choking game. Eduardo is astonished, tries to calm her, she is crying.
Eduardo alone in his room is writing something else, not the memories of Douglas but the real story of what he is discovering. He is nervous, he wants to get away, doubts, then decide to stay and put on the paper all of this revelations. He wants Lola not to leave the house but confront Douglas, let everyone know what kind of man he is.
She is also scared. Again at Eduardo's room he struggles between reality and fantasy, he is concentrated writing but someone knocks the door. Douglas shows off and sees Eduardo's baggage, he asks him why he wants to leave without having finished his job.
The writer tells him he is not going to leave the house, but he was confused before. Eduardo says he wants to know something. He grabs Douglas's cane and throws it away.
He knows he is faking and wants to know why. The therapist seats on the bed and talks about his needs, he needs others to feel compassion for him. Eduardo laughs, Douglas warns him not to tell this to anyone, then he leaves the room.
Eduardo keeps envisioning what Douglas would be doing in the privacy of his bedroom with Estefania. Again the choking game takes places between the couple. Nothing seems to be real, but he likes what he is writing.
So he figures it out a performance in which he and Lola unmasks Douglas and then it take place. Eduardo and Lola talk to Douglas and ask him many questions related to all the lies he said. Estefania appear and also confronts his husband and realise he is still married to Lola.
This confrontation ends up when she hits Douglas with the cane. Julia keeps talking to the therapist, she tells her how she meet Ulises at a club where she was a dancer, she fainted at the stage and he took her to a hospital where they had the change to know each other. They started a relationship, and she finally confesses she killed him playing the choking game.
Douglas and Ulises are the same person. Estefania is assimilating who his husband really is, a liar, a psycho, and a coward. She tells him she is fed up of all of this, so their relationship has reach a non return point.
At the pool everyone is having fun. All the patients surround a girl, also Estefania. Eduardo and Lola talk, she asks how he is going to finish the book.
He wants it to be a novel, a fiction, but she does't understand because almost everything he has written is true. Thats not the point, answer Eduardo. Douglas shows up and starts to deliver a speech to all the people, but no one listen to him,he just lost attention and he realises it.
He leaves finally the house. Julia gets out of the hospital and Douglas picks her up. So that's how he runs away and starts a new life with no regret at all.
Eduardo and Lola are in the beach, happy and calm..