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Lila Says

Drama. Romance 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. ... [+]
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United States
Boston Globe
"An underdeveloped exercise in carnal awakening that thinks its characters are far more special than they ever prove to be."
United States
The Washington Post
"As sweet as it is dirty." 
United States
The Hollywood Reporter
"A film that's more exploitative than sympathetic."
United States
SFGATE
"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." 
United States
Village Voice
"A vagina monologue scripted by a ventriloquist."
United States
Los Angeles Times
"Raw, earthy yet tender and perceptive, Lila Says marks a strong directorial debut for Doueiri."
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