La La La (2024 Film)

La La La is a 2024 fantasy-drama, written and directed by Daniel Stephen, about a young boy exploring his own mind and facing his fears of death. The movie stars Andrew Oran as Lucas Peyton, a young boy who has gone into a coma after being hit by a bus. Calum Kelmer stars as Lucas' imagination taking on a form from his memory.

The film was released in March 2024 and was met with critical acclaim. For his performance of Lucas, Andrew Oran received a rising star award while Kelmer's performance was praised. The movies overall themes of parental love and facing fear was praised as well as the plot twist at the end.

Plot
Lucas wakes up in a field and finds himself scared, he can't talk and quickly finds himself hiding from everything. He wanders for a while before hearing voices, loud beeping and a crashing sound. He is greeted by a young man who tries to make him laugh, they spend the day together and that night the man promises to protect Lucas.

In his dreams Lucas sees a monster coming for him, then he hears a woman crying before waking up. To his surprise, the man already knows what is wrong, he promises Lucas no harm will come to him. The next day he tells Lucas they must leave where they are and head to a palace at the far side of the land in order to save the world they are living in. Lucas agrees.

As they make their way through the land Lucas notices things he recognizes and the man reminds him of why he loves them. Lucas is confused as to why the man knows so much about him, when he questions it the man tries to shrug it off, telling Lucas that he doesn't want to know. In his confusion a mist surrounds them and the beeping, voices and crashing sound returns. Lucas runs away from the mist before being surrounded by it, the man reaches out to him and asks him to take his hand, instead Lucas runs and hides, he finds he is in constant pain. Eventually, he passes out.

Lucas awakens and the mist is gone, he feels sick and the world around him is dying. He hears the man calling out to him and he tries to sneak away, the man catches him and reveals how worried he was for him. Lucas feels uncomfortable but hides it. They continue on and reach the final obstacle before reaching the palace, it is a simple field, as they cross, the pain hits Lucas badly and the ground begins to crumble, the man picks up Lucas and runs with him, Lucas urges the man not to go inside as that's where the pain is coming from but he ignores him and they find an empty room with a window.

The man urges Lucas to look through the window but Lucas is scared, the man holds his hand as he does so and he sees a woman sitting look down at him, she is upset and another person comes over and speaks to her, she begins to cry. Lucas is confused and the man asks if he can recognize her, Lucas nods. When the man asks who she is Lucas can't name her, he begins to get upset. Suddenly something clicks when the man says something Lucas recognizes, Lucas recognizes him as his father who disappeared one day and left him and his mother alone. Suddenly, the ground caves in and Lucas begins to fall.

His dad catches his hand to stop him from falling, Lucas urges him to leave him but the his dad says he won't ever leave him again, Lucas asks him why he left before and he replies saying it wasn't his fault and sometimes people we love leave our lives earlier than they're supposed to. His dad promises that if Lucas stays with him then he will never leave his side again. Lucas grabs his other hand and he starts to pull him up but then the mist returns and they both fall.

They sit at the bottom of the pit, Lucas is in the middle of the room while his dad stands at one side while a man made of mist stands at the other side. Both urge Lucas to come towards him, while Lucas feels pain when he moves towards his dad, he does not feel it at the side of the mist. Lucas is scared, his dad promises him that if he comes with him now they can always protect each other, he just has to push through the pain and it'll be over in a second. He swears it to Lucas. Lucas pushes through and jumps into his dad's arms. They hug as everything goes dark and a long beep is heard.

In the real world several days later, Lucas's Mother visits her son's grave. It is revealed that Lucas has been buried with his father who died several years before. She tells her son that his father will always be with him to take care of him and that one day she will see them again.

Cast

 * Calum Kelmer as Lucas' imagination/Death/Alex Peyton
 * Andrew Oran as Lucas Peyton
 * Christy Laughlin-Kelmer as Lucas' Mother
 * Daniel Stephen as Doctor