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Lila Says Reviews

2005

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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
Director	Ziad Doueiri
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- Chimo, a 19-year-old of North African descent, isnât like his pals; heâd like to write, get out of the Marseille... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:20
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- - 13
  - 0
  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 ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - granita
  - 216 reviews
  - Farnham
  - 26 Aug 2007 at 01:24
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- - 0
  - 6
  Lila Says 2005
  
  Lila Says 2005 – this film was not for me, didn’t watch it nor did it appeal to me SORRY can’t really rate it any more……….
  
  Report this review
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- - ian3
  - 538 reviews
  - Salisbury
  - 02 Dec 2010 at 14:06
- - 0
  - 0
  Lila says: what we are not sure about
  
  While the apparent focus of this film is a very attractive and flirtatious girl, this film is really about personal insecurities, how to accept them and ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 02 Apr 2010 at 07:21
- - 0
  - 0
  A Love Story
  
  This is highly watchable unusual love story. Only the language is pornagraphic. Lila is the victim of the strange upbringing at the hands of her 'aunt'... read more »
  
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- - MadMikey
  - 14 reviews
  - Caerphilly
  - 20 Jan 2010 at 13:42
- - 4
  - 0
  great
  
  I loved this movie. Grea plot and very good actors. It is sweet and naughty and it is about coming of age and how a teenager's mind uses fantasy to deal the... read more »
  
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  - Kingston-Upon-Thames
  - 18 Oct 2008 at 12:42
- - 2
  - 0
  Coming of age film....
  
  .... set in post 9/11 Marseille about a young French girl, Lila, and an Arab boy, Chimo. Chimo is a talented young writer who passes on the opportunity to study... read more »
  
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- 632549
- - shootingstar
  - 2 reviews
  - LONDON
  - 21 Sep 2008 at 02:02
- - 4
  - 0
  lila says
  
  Afilm not worth renting
  
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- - a customer
  - Leeds
  - 10 May 2008 at 05:51
- - 4
  - 0
  Lila Says
  
  Not a lot
  
  Unbelievable storyline about unsympathetic charactors with very 'wooden' actors
  
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- 563911
- - a customer
  - london
  - 09 May 2008 at 19:05
- - 3
  - 0
  Beautiful film in many ways
  
  I loved this film. The girl is incredibly sexy and the interplay of cultures is very well done. I felt like giving the main male character a kick up the rear ... read more »
  
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  - Maidstone
  - 07 May 2008 at 21:15
- - 10
  - 0
  total rubbish
  
  dont see the point of this film at all, unless you are into the flirtations of a 16 yr old girl. not a decent story to this at all
  
  Report this review
- 525647
- - Richard Brown
  - Goring
  - 12 Feb 2008 at 22:33
- - 13
  - 0
  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 ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 469273
- - granita
  - 216 reviews
  - Farnham
  - 26 Aug 2007 at 01:24
View all members' reviews (10)

- - 13
  - 0
  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 ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 469273
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - granita
  - 216 reviews
  - Farnham
  - 26 Aug 2007 at 01:24
- - 10
  - 0
  total rubbish
  
  dont see the point of this film at all, unless you are into the flirtations of a 16 yr old girl. not a decent story to this at all
  
  Report this review
- 525647
- - Richard Brown
  - Goring
  - 12 Feb 2008 at 22:33
- - 4
  - 0
  Lila Says
  
  Not a lot
  
  Unbelievable storyline about unsympathetic charactors with very 'wooden' actors
  
  Report this review
- 563911
- - a customer
  - london
  - 09 May 2008 at 19:05
- - 4
  - 0
  lila says
  
  Afilm not worth renting
  
  Report this review
- 564025
- - a customer
  - Leeds
  - 10 May 2008 at 05:51
- - 4
  - 0
  great
  
  I loved this movie. Grea plot and very good actors. It is sweet and naughty and it is about coming of age and how a teenager's mind uses fantasy to deal the... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 645750
- - a customer
  - Kingston-Upon-Thames
  - 18 Oct 2008 at 12:42
- - 3
  - 0
  Beautiful film in many ways
  
  I loved this film. The girl is incredibly sexy and the interplay of cultures is very well done. I felt like giving the main male character a kick up the rear ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 563143
- - a customer
  - Maidstone
  - 07 May 2008 at 21:15
- - 2
  - 0
  Coming of age film....
  
  .... set in post 9/11 Marseille about a young French girl, Lila, and an Arab boy, Chimo. Chimo is a talented young writer who passes on the opportunity to study... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 632549
- - shootingstar
  - 2 reviews
  - LONDON
  - 21 Sep 2008 at 02:02
- - 0
  - 0
  A Love Story
  
  This is highly watchable unusual love story. Only the language is pornagraphic. Lila is the victim of the strange upbringing at the hands of her 'aunt'... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 851490
- - MadMikey
  - 14 reviews
  - Caerphilly
  - 20 Jan 2010 at 13:42
- - 0
  - 0
  Lila says: what we are not sure about
  
  While the apparent focus of this film is a very attractive and flirtatious girl, this film is really about personal insecurities, how to accept them and ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 879368
- - a customer
  - London
  - 02 Apr 2010 at 07:21
- - 0
  - 6
  Lila Says 2005
  
  Lila Says 2005 – this film was not for me, didn’t watch it nor did it appeal to me SORRY can’t really rate it any more……….
  
  Report this review
- 944037
- - ian3
  - 538 reviews
  - Salisbury
  - 02 Dec 2010 at 14:06

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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 ...