Lila Says

Name: Lila Says
Genre: Drama, Romance, Crime
Released: June 24, 2005
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Moa Khouas, Vahina Giocante

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Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: June 24, 2005 | R

Starring: Moa Khouas, Vahina Giocante

Summary: Based on the best-selling and highly controversial French novel of the same name, Lila Says is an incredibly seductive story of sexual awakening. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

Director: Ziad Doueiri

Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 89 min

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Owen Gleiberman

Lila, played by Vahina Giocante, who resembles a sexed-up young Emma Thompson, is a teasing, 16-year-old blond baby doll with a gleam of perception beyond her years. Read full review

J.R. Jones

Both lead actors are wonderful, and director Ziad Doueiri (West Beirut) artfully addresses the cultural and even spiritual dimensions of the story without losing sight of the lovers' tenderness and confusion. Read full review

David Sterritt

Superbly acted, especially by Giocante as the teasing 16-year-old instigator. Read full review

Sean Axmaker

This coming-of-age tale is ultimately about self, not sex. Read full review

Jessica Reaves

Far less interesting than its premise, primarily because we never know what anyone is really thinking. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

The story's message is less than profound, but it's vividly delivered. Read full review

Melissa Anderson

A misguided tale of sentimental education. Read full review

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[Anonymous]

May 24, 2007

Beautifully captivating. Reminisant of youth. Poetry on film. Elegant, fierce, dreamy.

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AlP.

Nov 16, 2006

Superior work in this film, with a moving end, and camera work that leaves nothing to chance, apart from maybe one's imagination. Excellent movie.. excellent execution and congratulations to Vahina and Ziad.!

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KHil

Dec 30, 2006

Beautiful movie, the first one that has really engaged my intellect in quite a long time. At first glance there is barely a story beyond teen agnst (if even that), but there are so many levels to analyze Lila on. Does she represent the separation between good and evil? Is she really an Beautiful movie, the first one that has really engaged my intellect in quite a long time. At first glance there is barely a story beyond teen agnst (if even that), but there are so many levels to analyze Lila on. Does she represent the separation between good and evil? Is she really an angel, rewarding those who are good and excluding those who are bad. She seems to be an agent of the earth and nature but also of a higher being... her sexuality, though not even her own, is not inherently good or bad, but a representation of the female and of, paradoxically, innocence. A fantastic film.… Expand

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MelissaK.

Aug 23, 2006

beautifuly shot but the female character is so one dimensional- she is just a temptress--even almost in the bibical sense of how so many depict women as the seducers of poor innocent men. And she pays the price of course by being raped. All this could be acceptable her relentless character beautifuly shot but the female character is so one dimensional- she is just a temptress--even almost in the bibical sense of how so many depict women as the seducers of poor innocent men. And she pays the price of course by being raped. All this could be acceptable her relentless character grew and became more real--more human-but she just remains the blond temptress.a one dimensional vison created in the mind of yet another male writer. Because I don't think a woman could or would have written a female character quite this way.… Expand

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