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Lila dit ça (Original title)Lila Says (Alternative title)
Dates: 2004 (Copyright), 20 April 2007 (Release)

Countries: France, Italy, United Kingdom

Director: Ziad Doueiri

Synopsis: Drama. Teenager Chimo's life changes when he meets the beautiful but difficult Lila.

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: 01 November 2004Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 90 mins Dialogue (original): French / Subtitles: English
Date: August 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Subtitles: English / Dialogue (original): FrenchDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (37)
©/Presented by: Huit Et Demi Productions, UK Film Council, ©/Production Company: Zeal, ©/Production Company: Passion Pictures, ©/Production Company: France 2 Cinéma, Pyramide Productions, [International sales]: Flach-Pyramide International, Made with the support of: National Lottery through UK Film Council New Cinema Fund, With the participation of: Canal+, In association with: Move Movie, In association with: Cofimage, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Executive Producer: Paul Trijbits, Executive Producer: Andrew Ruhemann, Producer: Marina Gefter, Co-producer: John Battsek, Co-producer: Bernadette Carranza, Co-producer: Luigi Ferrara Santamaria, Co-producer: Fabienne Vonier, Associate Producer: Bruno Levy, Associate Producer: Patrizia Biancamano, Production Manager: Malek Hamzaoui, Casting (Paris): Juliette Ménager, Casting (Marseille): Maya Sevleyan, Screenplay: Ziad Doueiri, Screenplay: Joelle Touma, From the novel by: Chimo, Director of Photography: John Daly, Editor: Tina Baz, Production Designer: Yves Bernard, Costumes: Pierre Matard, Music: Nitin Sawhney, Sound: Laurent Lafran, Sound: Sylvain Lasseur, Sound: Nicolas Naegelen, Subtitles: Henri Behar
Cast (7)
Vahina Giocante (Lila), Mohammed Khouas (Chimo Jarjoura), Karim Ben Haddou (Mouloud), Lotfi Chakri (Bakary), Hamid Dhkissi (Grand Jo), Carmen Lebbos (Chino's mother), Edmonde Franchi (Lila's aunt)