France / UK,
2004, 87 min
Directed by:
Ziad DoueiriComposer:
Nitin SawhneyCast:
Vahina Giocante, Mohammed Khouas, Edmonde Franchi, Carmen Lebbos, Stéphanie Fatout, Bruno EspositoPlots(1)
This provocative film based on a book that caused much controversy in France follows two inner city teenagers engaged in an obsessive yet innocent flirtation fueled by Lila's sexually explicit overtures. Chimo, an Arab Muslim living in a poor neighborhood in Marseilles, is a talented young man who finds inspiration and his world turned upside down when a seductive blonde teenage girl, Lila, moves into his neighborhood. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
- 2005 - Ziad Doueiri (World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic)