If you have seen a little romantic comedy starring Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah called Sliding Doors (1998), the ideas of slight factors can make huge differences in people's lives. And if you know about Volker Schlцndorff's 1979 classic Blechtrommel, Die -- aka The Tin Drum, you'd know where does Lola's glass-breaking power come from.
Or maybe Lola came before Sliding Doors?