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

Director:

Claude Miller

Writers:

Claude Miller (writer)
Julien Boivent (writer)
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Release Date:

27 August 2003 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Secret Love | Infidelity | Eating | Husband Wife Relationship | Telephone Call

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

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
Mehdi
Julie Glenn
Eric Navech
Samuel Amar
Marine Beurier-Orsini
Jean-Claude Cloarec
Charles Senard	...	L'assistant de Julien (as Charles Sénard)
Lauriane Vincent
Charlotte Girard
Franck Séchan
Charles Lehmann
Yvan Maniosky
Frédérique Barraja
François Breniaux
Claude La Haye
Vanya Peirani-Vignes		(as Vania Peirani-Vignes)
Septy Drame
Carine Jean-Marie
Marion Dusautoir
Christophe Mathioux
Emmanuel Quartino
P'tit Louis
Claude Antoniades
Lionel Bailly
Bruno Glasberg
Xavier Embry
Bruno Roza
Yann Tesson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eléonore Stern	...	Une fêtarde (uncredited)

Directed by
Claude Miller

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Julien Boivent		writer
Anton Chekhov		play "Chayka"
Claude Miller		writer

Produced by
Christine Gozlan	....	associate producer
Sylvestre Guarino	....	executive producer
Daniel Louis	....	co-producer: Canada
Annie Miller	....	producer
Denise Robert	....	co-producer: Canada

Cinematography by
Gérard de Battista

Film Editing by
Véronique Lange

Production Design by
Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko

Costume Design by
Christel Birot
Jacqueline Bouchard

Makeup Department
Véronique Boitout	....	key hair stylist
Lucía Bretones-Méndez	....	key makeup artist
Marie Luiset	....	makeup artist
John Nollet	....	hair stylist: Nicole Garcia

Production Management
Jean-François Abbate	....	unit manager
Samuel Amar	....	production manager
George Jardon	....	post-production supervisor: Canada (as Georges Jardon)
Frédéric Morin	....	assistant production manager
Sophie Moulin	....	unit manager trainee
Antoine Moussault	....	unit manager
Yann Tesson	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Denis Bergonhe	....	first assistant director
Ketal Guenin	....	first assistant director
Emmanuel Murat	....	trainee assistant director
Charles Senard	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Agnès Aubert	....	assistant art director
Francesco Avella	....	carpenter
Céline Barray	....	set dresser
Nicolas Barray	....	painter
Brigitte Baudet	....	sculptor
Christian Borger	....	carpenter
Denis Chaboissier	....	painter
Yves Chaudesaigues	....	carpenter
Jérôme Chrétien	....	carpenter
Jérome Clavier	....	head painter
Alexandra De Chimay	....	assistant art director
François Decaux	....	first assistant decorator
Nicolas Decaux	....	carpenter
Paul Decaux	....	head carpenter
Laurent Jarriau	....	props
Loïc Jolly	....	painter
Yves Maufrey	....	carpenter
Marlène Million	....	painter
Bernadette Saint Loubert	....	set dresser
Charles Schwacsina	....	second assistant decorator
Didier Tardivel	....	painter

Sound Department
Gregory Bolduc	....	assistant sound mixer: Canada (as Grégory Bolduc)
Jo Caron	....	adr foley recordist (as Jocelyn Caron)
Martin Cazes	....	sound coordinator: Canada
Jérôme Décarie	....	foley artist: Canada
Nicolas Gagnon	....	assistant foley artist: Canada
Bernard Gariépy Strobl	....	sound re-recording mixer
Claude La Haye	....	sound recordist
Benoit Leduc	....	adr recording engineer: Canada
Alain Lévy	....	post-synchronization
Antoine Morin	....	sound editor: Canada
Guy Pelletier	....	dialogue editor: Canada
Francis Péloquin	....	boom operator
Hans Peter Strobl	....	sound re-recording mixer
Benoit Touchette	....	sound coordinator
Raymond Vermette	....	supervising sound editor

Visual Effects by
Luc Augereau	....	visual effects producer
Laurent Desbrueres	....	digital color grader
Justine Gasquet	....	matte painter
François Vagnon	....	visual effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Claude Antoniades	....	electrician
Luis Armando Arteaga	....	first assistant camera
Lionel Bailly	....	electrician
Frédérique Barraja	....	still photographer
Simon Blanchard	....	second assistant camera
Stéphane Degnieau	....	first assistant camera
Xavier Embry	....	best boy grip
Xavier Embry	....	grip
Bruno Glasberg	....	electrician
Dominique Legueux	....	key grip
Nathan Miller	....	camera operator
Pascal Pajaud	....	gaffer
Jean-Baptiste Perrin	....	electrician
Bruno Roza	....	grip
Grégoire Tomat	....	camera trainee

Casting Department
Célina Blanc	....	casting: children
Carine Jean-Marie	....	casting: children

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anne Bastien	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Aline Conan	....	color timer
Mathieu Denis	....	assistant editor: Canada (as Mathieu L. Denis)
Pascale Dubé	....	post-production coordinator: Canada
Melanie Gauthier	....	post-production coordinator: Canada
Sylvie Lambert	....	post-production administrator
Natacha Louis	....	color timer
Bruno Patin	....	color timer

Other crew
Valerie Arbib	....	production secretary (as Valérie Arbib)
Emilie Barbault	....	assistant script supervisor
Laure Darie	....	production secretary
Françoise Della Libera	....	administrator
Michel Flaesch	....	animal trainer
François Guerrar	....	press attache
Sylvie Koechlin	....	script supervisor
Guillaume Lips	....	digital grader
James Mammeri	....	assistant administrator
Pierre Reyssat	....	production assistant
Stéphane Talagrand	....	location scout
Hélène Vietti	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Les Films de la Boissière
• Cinémaginaire Inc.
• Les Films Alain Sarde (co-production)
• France 3 Cinéma (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• Natexis Banques Populaires Images 3 (in association with)
• Téléfilm Canada (support)
• Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC) (support)

Distributors

• First Run Features (2004) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Maison Descartes (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Pyramide Distribution (2003) (France) (theatrical)
• esse&bi cinematografica distribuzione (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Arte (2008) (France) (TV)
• SBP (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• SBP (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Transformer (2005) (Japan) (DVD)

Special Effects

• L'Etude et la Supervision des Trucages (L'E.S.T.) (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Bogard  camera equipment
• Car Grip  grip and lighting equipment
• Marko Audio Post-Production  re-recording facilities
• Menstreet Service  production services
• Modulations  sound editing
• Transpalux  electrical equipment
• Vision Globale  color grading

Also Known As:

"La petite Lili" - France (original title)

Runtime:

France:104 min | Japan:89 min | Argentina:102 min | USA:104 min

Country:

France | Canada

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Italy:T | Philippines:R-18 | South Korea:18 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

Île-aux-Moines, Morbihan, France

Company:

Les Films de la Boissière

Movie Connections:

Featured in Les dessous de Lili (2003) (V)

Very, very talky

This story is derived from a story by Chekov (not the Star Trek one, by the way) and the movie was very, very, very "talky". And while the quality of the film's production is there (this is why it earns a 5--for acting, direction and cinematography that are just fine), the story itself just seemed dull and lethargic. Plus, I found I really didn't like anyone--the title character seemed like a direction-less nymph, her boyfriend an insufferable "artist" who just needed to grow up, and the rest of the family just seemed like a bunch of phonies I felt no connection to in any way. And everyone just seemed to talk and talk and argue and then talk again! About the only thing going for this film to lift if above mediocrity is the very nude body of the title character in the first minutes of the film--this was tough not to notice (and this makes this movie inappropriate for kids, as well).