Lola decides to turn all of her energy into making her dreams a reality and tracks down Ismahan (Carmen Lebbos), a reclusive dancing star who retired due to a scandal involving a mysterious lover.

In no time Lola becomes a professional-level dancer and attracts the interest of Nasser Radi (Hichem Rostom), a famous impresario.

As Lola's career takes off, she manages to help reunite the two former lovers before returning to New York in order to bring the art she loves to her fellow Americans.

Critical reception for Whatever Lola Wants has been mixed,[6][7] and Variety wrote that "despite a considerable number of cringe-inducing moments early on, the sheer brio of the heroine's cross-cultural antics will win over auds by the end.

"[8] The Screen Daily wrote a mixed review, stating "Shot brightly in artsy-melodrama mode and garnished with an Arab-fusion soundtrack by Krishna Levy and TransGlobal Underground, Whatever Lola Wants is a polished film, but in the end it never really decides whether it wants to be a prettily packaged star-is-born tale or an all-guns-blazing social critique.