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- Two sisters, 11-year-old Amanda (nicknamed Manny; Scarlett Johansson) and 16-year-old Laurel (nicknamed Lo; Aleksa Palladino), run away from several foster homes, sleeping wherever they can, including in model homes.
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Aug 30, 1996 · Written and Directed by. Lisa Krueger. Many children remember their mother by her favorite perfume. When Amanda and Laurel want to remember theirs, they spray the sheets with Arrid Extra Dry. She left them long ago to the care of foster homes, but now that they're on the lam and in trouble, they could use some advice.
Running time. 88 minutes. Language. English. Budget. $500,000. Box office. $502,313. Manny & Lo is a 1996 comedy-drama film directed by Lisa Krueger and starring Scarlett Johansson, Aleksa Palladino, and Mary Kay Place.
Jul 26, 1996 · Manny & Lo: Directed by Lisa Krueger. With Mary Kay Place, Scarlett Johansson, Aleksa Palladino, Dean Silvers. A pregnant teen and her younger sister run away from foster homes and kidnap a woman whom they believe can help with the pregnancy.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Lisa Krueger
- 1996-07-26
11-year-old Amanda and 16-year-old Laurel are motherless sisters who have reunited after running away from separate foster homes. The outwardly tough "Lo" believes she's always right when she's almost always wrong. "Manny," the more logical sister, ignores her own firm grasp of reality in order...
- Lisa Krueger
- Mary Kay Place
Jul 26, 1996 · The debut feature from writer/director Lisa Krueger stars Scarlett Johansson and Aleksa Palladino as the titular Manny and Lo, orphaned teenaged sisters who avoid foster homes by living on the run, stealing food, and sleeping in random model homes.
The journey taken by nine-year-old Manny (Scarlett Johansson) and her 16-year-old sister Lo (Aleska Palladino) from the everyday to the mythic might as well describe the creative process of director Lisa Krueger, who unabashedly attributes her debut feature's strongest elements to intuition and miracles.
Nov 1, 2007 · She’s a runaway, a shop-lifter, and a hostage-taker. She’s been kidnapped herself, by her tough-talking sixteen year-old sister Lo (Aleksa Palladino), who feels that the foster family caring for Manny since their mother’s death is substandard. Now the two are on the lam in an old wood-paneled station wagon, sleeping in vacant model homes ...
