In text messaging, Lol means “Laughing Out Loud”. Lol is also the nickname of 14 year old Lola, who is returning to school after a long summer break. Lola is reunited with her boyfriend, Arthur, and what should be a happy day is shattered by Arthur’s revelation who that he has had sex with another girl—his way of “testing” their relationship. Angry and hurt, Lola lies and says that she also been unfaithful, and the two are launched into the angst-filled arena of teenage love.
Lola’s mom, Anne, a recent divorcee who herself leads a complicated romantic life, reads Lola’s diary and realizes that her inability to communicate with and understand her daughter has left their relationship irreparably broken. In a world of changing trends, faceless technologies, and oblivious parents, Lola and her friends invent their own methods of communication so they can navigate the perils of the tenth grade.
Twenty-five years after creating the teenage rebel Victoire in “La Boum”, Sophie Marceau now appears, in “Lol”, as the mother of an adolescent girl who shares her search for meaning in both life and love.