Lila Says
3,304
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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"An underdeveloped exercise in carnal awakening that thinks its characters are far more special than they ever prove to be." | ||||
"As sweet as it is dirty." | ||||
"A film that's more exploitative than sympathetic." | ||||
"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." | ||||
"A vagina monologue scripted by a ventriloquist." | ||||
"Raw, earthy yet tender and perceptive, Lila Says marks a strong directorial debut for Doueiri." |
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