Lila Says
2005
Set in Marseilles, this coming-of-age tale centres on a beautiful and outrageously flirtations girl, Lila, and the poetic but shy boy Chimo on whom she focuses her attentions. Bemused but excited, Chimo is intoxicated by Lila's charms. One day, Lila dares Chimo to look up her skirt - "if he can handle it" - and, by doing so, .. Read more
| Starring | Vahina Giocante, Mohammed Khouas, Karim Ben Haddou, Lotfi Chakri |
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| Director | Ziad Doueiri |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Lila Says
Set in Marseilles, this coming-of-age tale centres on a beautiful and outrageously flirtations girl, Lila, and the poetic but shy boy Chimo on whom she focuses her attentions. Bemused but excited, Chimo is intoxicated by Lila's charms. One day, Lila dares Chimo to look up her skirt - "if he can handle it" - and, by doing so, puts into motion a sequence of events that have devastating consequences and lays bare the dangers of playing games.
| Starring | Vahina Giocante, Mohammed Khouas, Karim Ben Haddou, Lotfi Chakri, Hamid Dkhissi, Edmonde Franchi, Carmen Lebbos, Ghandi Assad, Dominique Bluzet, Stephanie Fatout |
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| Director | Ziad Doueiri |
| Studio | LIONS GATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 27 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | French |
| Subtitles | English |
| Released | DVD: 11 Jun 2007 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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Chimo, a 19-year-old of North African descent, isnt like his pals; hed like to write, get out of the Marseille... read more on Time Out
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As sweet as it is dirty
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Not for the shockable.
A naughty blonde French girl, living in a poor part of Paris, is strangely attracted to a young Arab boy from the same neighbourhood. She follows him everywhere. But the boy is hesitant. He likes to write, and both his mother and French teacher believe he has real talent. It is when Lila begins to tell him about her wild sexual fantasies, that he decides to write the stories down, sensing that in spite of her crude and daring language and provocative behaviour, there is something fragile about Lila. He tries to protect her from his friends who have only one thing on their minds. It's a love story of sorts, about love between two very different young people, and how through one another, they each work out their fantasies, leading them down different paths.
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Not for the shockable.
A naughty blonde French girl, living in a poor part of Paris, is strangely attracted to a young Arab boy from the same neighbourhood. She follows him everywhere. But the boy is hesitant. He likes to write, and both his mother and French teacher believe he has real talent. It is when Lila begins to tell him about her wild sexual fantasies, that he decides to write the stories down, sensing that in spite of her crude and daring language and provocative behaviour, there is something fragile about Lila. He tries to protect her from his friends who have only one thing on their minds. It's a love story of sorts, about love between two very different young people, and how through one another, they each work out their fantasies, leading them down different paths.
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