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Lila Says

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Original title

Lila dit ça

Year

2004

Running time

89 min.

Country

France

Director

Ziad Doueiri

Screenwriter

Ziad Doueiri

Cast

Music

Nitin Sawhney

Cinematography

John Daly

Producer

Co-production France-United Kingdom;

Huit et Demi Productions, Zeal Srl, Move Movie, Passion Pictures, France 2 Cinema, Pyramide Productions, UK Film Council, Canal+, Cofimage 15, Angoa-Agicoa, Région Provence Côte d'Azur

Genre

Drama. Romance | Teen/coming-of-age. Psychological Drama

Synopsis

Chimo Jarjoura is a 19-year-old student living in Marseilles. Chimo likes to write and has genuine talent, but he hasn't been able to break away from his friends, who are more interested in petty crime than in building a future and are suspicious of Chimo's non-Muslim teachers. One day Chimo meets a 16-year-old girl named Lila (Vahina Giocante), and is immediately smitten, especially when she makes it clear she's attracted to him. However, while Chimo falls head over heels for Lila, he soon discovers she's far more interested in talk than action, and that she isn't eager to limit her attentions to one man.

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Awards: 2004: Gijon Film Festival: Best Screenplay & Best Actor (Mohammed Khouas)

2005: Sundance Film Festival: nominated to World Cinema Jury Prize (Dramatic).

2005: Satellite Awards: nominated to Motion Picture, International.

2004: Gijón Film Festival: 2 awards. 3 nominations

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Critics' reviews

"An underdeveloped exercise in carnal awakening that thinks its characters are far more special than they ever prove to be."

Wesley Morris: Boston Globe
"As sweet as it is dirty."

Michael O'Sullivan: The Washington Post
"A film that's more exploitative than sympathetic."

Richard James Havis: The Hollywood Reporter
"Mostly succeeds in conveying the real- life risks that disgruntled teens will take to prove they're more powerful, more sexy and more in control than they really are."

Jonathan Curiel: SFGATE
"A vagina monologue scripted by a ventriloquist."

Melissa Anderson: Village Voice
"Raw, earthy yet tender and perceptive, Lila Says marks a strong directorial debut for Doueiri."

Kevin Thomas: Los Angeles Times

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