Little Lili (2003)
"La petite Lili" (original title)

Director:

Claude Miller

Writers:

Julien Boivent, Anton Chekhov (play),

Stars:

Nicole Garcia, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Pierre Marielle

3 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nicole Garcia	...	Mado Marceaux
Bernard Giraudeau	...	Brice
Jean-Pierre Marielle	...	Simon Marceaux
Ludivine Sagnier	...	Emilier Novacki, dite Lili
Robinson Stévenin	...	Julien Marceaux
Julie Depardieu	...	Jeanne-Marie
Yves Jacques	...	Serge
Anne Le Ny	...	Léone
Marc Betton	...	Guy
Michel Piccoli	...	L'acteur qui joue Simon
Maylie Del Piero
Mathieu Grondin	...	Julien-Acteur
Louise Boisvert	...	L'actrice qui joue Léone
Mustapha Chadli
Fani Kolarova

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

secret love | infidelity | eating | husband wife relationship | telephone call | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Pyramide Films [France]

Country:

France Canada

Language:

French

Release Date:

27 August 2003 (France)

Also Known As:

A Pequena Lili

Filming Locations:

Île-aux-Moines, Morbihan, France

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$5,558 (USA) (12 November 2004)

Gross:

$34,398 (USA) (24 June 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Films de la Boissière, Cinémaginaire Inc., Les Films Alain Sarde

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Les dessous de Lili (2003)

User Reviews

blatant nudity in a movie of words

'La petite Lili' (= French for 'the small Lili') is constructed after a theater-play by the great Russian Anton Chekov. This film moves on slowly, yes, focusing much more on dialogs than on visuals. Allowing its public plenty of time to keep track.

Its setting connects only to well: a film-crowd at leisure, on holidays in the French countryside. In this respect there must be praise for the visuals of a film-part that never gets any praise: the introduction, cleverly putting you in the right holiday-mood.

Right thereafter comes the shock: female lead Ludivine Sagnier is shown blatantly naked. This makes a very strong visual, but not one that fits well in this film's overall setting. However, as 'La petite Lili' has just started, maybe its viewers are not yet aware of its overall setting. Whatever director Claude Miller had in mind, in hindsight one must conclude that his naked Ludivine is too much.

Having survived this out-of-tune whirlwind-start, you can sit down to watch comfortably. 'La petite Lili' provides a well-balanced story, acted out by some very good actors. Just enjoy.