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6.9/10
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Two inner-city teenagers engage in an obsessive, innocent flirtation fueled by Lila's sexually explicit overtures.Two inner-city teenagers engage in an obsessive, innocent flirtation fueled by Lila's sexually explicit overtures.Two inner-city teenagers engage in an obsessive, innocent flirtation fueled by Lila's sexually explicit overtures.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 4 nominations
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- GoofsAt the beginning, Chimo says that he started the notebook "backwards, so the red line's on the right, like in Arabic." But when the camera shows him writing, he is writing left to right, not right to left, and the binding is on the left, which where the red line would be, so he is writing and using the notebook in the conventional western mode.
- Alternate versionsUS theatrical version was released without a MPAA rating. For the Sony Entertainment DVD release the film was optically fogged to obscure explicit artwork in a French comic book to secure it's R-rating.
- SoundtracksEl Kalam Da Kebir
Performed by Hakim
Written by Abdel Menaim Taha
Composed by Ahmed Shahine
(C) 2002 ARK 21 RECORDS
Courtesy of UNIVERSAL MUSIC SPECIAL PROJECTS FRANCE
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She said what I would like to hear!
"Lila dit ça" is a contemporary story about two teenagers, Chimo and Lila, which have a hidden attraction for each other in spite of not knowing each other very well
Chimo (Mohammed Khouas) is a young Muslim guy which lives with his mother and has a group of friends also Arab. He's quieter than the others, he's calm, peaceful and has a great dream: to become a writer but he thinks he'll never get it
Lila (Vahina Giocante) is a mysterious young girl who arrives in the neighborhood. From the very first moment Chimo is in love with her. At the beginning he didn't notice, he thinks it's just an attraction, but then he'll understand he is Lila is mysterious, acts strangely, but she's beautiful. She has the face of an angel (as is said by herself in the movie!) but the mind of a devil She's provocative, insinuating, and she's always speaking about sex, and about her sex She's a real devil with an angel face! But is she in love with Chimo (as he's for her), or is it just a game to her? By the end the viewer will find out!
It's a story about passion (teenage passion), self-discovery, teenage relationships, but it also portrays a reality of mixed cultures. It describes very well the shock between different cultures which stand side-by-side in the French suburbs nowadays It's just the plot's background but it ends being a good social portrait of these different cultures.
All in all it's a good movie which deserves a 7/10 score!
Chimo (Mohammed Khouas) is a young Muslim guy which lives with his mother and has a group of friends also Arab. He's quieter than the others, he's calm, peaceful and has a great dream: to become a writer but he thinks he'll never get it
Lila (Vahina Giocante) is a mysterious young girl who arrives in the neighborhood. From the very first moment Chimo is in love with her. At the beginning he didn't notice, he thinks it's just an attraction, but then he'll understand he is Lila is mysterious, acts strangely, but she's beautiful. She has the face of an angel (as is said by herself in the movie!) but the mind of a devil She's provocative, insinuating, and she's always speaking about sex, and about her sex She's a real devil with an angel face! But is she in love with Chimo (as he's for her), or is it just a game to her? By the end the viewer will find out!
It's a story about passion (teenage passion), self-discovery, teenage relationships, but it also portrays a reality of mixed cultures. It describes very well the shock between different cultures which stand side-by-side in the French suburbs nowadays It's just the plot's background but it ends being a good social portrait of these different cultures.
All in all it's a good movie which deserves a 7/10 score!
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $121,365
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,599
- Jun 26, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $537,871
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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