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Lila Says (French title: Lila dit ça) is a 2004 French film directed by Ziad Doueiri. The plot is based on the novel of the same title written by "Chimo" (a pseudonym).
Chimo (Mohammed Khouas), age 19, lives with his mother. Rather than taking advantage of a Paris writing school scholarship, the unemployed aspiring writer kills time with his friend Mouloud...
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- Ziad Doueiri
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- Vahina Giocante
Jun 24, 2005 · Lila Says is a 2005 crime drama romance film directed by Ziad Doueiri, based on the controversial novel by Chimo. It follows the sexual awakening of a 16-year-old blond girl and a shy Arab youth in Marseilles.
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- Ziad Doueiri
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- Vahina Giocante
About this movie. arrow_forward. Set in Marseilles, this coming-of-age tale centres on a beautiful and outrageously flirtatious teenage girl, Lila and the...
Lila Says is a narrative of the protagonist's — Chimo, an Arab boy living in France — interactions with a girl named Lila. Lila is 16 and lives with her catholic aunt; Chimo is 19 and lives with his mother, who works as a cleaner, and sister.
Two inner-city teenagers engage in an obsessive, innocent flirtation fuelled by Lila’s sexually explicit overtures. Their game of sexual discovery leads to an unexpected look at tolerance, self-hatred, and machismo.
Jun 24, 2005 · Based on a controversial French novel, Lila Says tells the story of a quiet young poet named Chimo who develops a crush on the pretty, blond Lila, a girl who recently moved into his Arab ghetto with her aunt.
