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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.
Original Release
01/26/2005
US Release
06/24/2005
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Vahina Giocante | Lila |
Moa Khouas | Chimo (as Mohammed Khouas) / Chimo |
Karim Ben Haddou | Mouloud |
Lotfi Chakri | Bakary |
Hamid Dkhissi | Big Jo |
Edmonde Franchi | Lila's Aunt |
Carmen Lebbos | Chimo's Mother |
Ghandi Assad | Sammy |
Dominique Bluzet | Priest |
Stéphanie Fatout | Claire Soulier |
Directors
Writers
Ziad Doueiri, Chimo, Mark Lawrence, Joelle Touma
Cast
Name | Character |
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Vahina Giocante | Lila |
Moa Khouas | Chimo (as Mohammed Khouas) / Chimo |
Karim Ben Haddou | Mouloud |
Lotfi Chakri | Bakary |
Hamid Dkhissi | Big Jo |
Edmonde Franchi | Lila's Aunt |
Carmen Lebbos | Chimo's Mother |
Ghandi Assad | Sammy |
Dominique Bluzet | Priest |
Stéphanie Fatout | Claire Soulier |
Barbara Chossis | Chinese Prostitute |
Bruno Esposito | Police Inspector |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Andrew Ruhemann | Executive Producer |
Tom Mannion | Executive Producer |
John Battsek | Producer |
Patricia Biancamano | Producer |
Bernadette Carranza | Producer |
Luigi Ferrara Santamaria | Producer |
Marina Gefter | Producer |
Bruno Levy | Producer |
Fabienne Vonier | Producer |