Lie with Me (2005)

Director:

Clément Virgo

Writers:

Tamara Berger (novel)
Tamara Berger (screenplay)
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Release Date:

3 March 2006 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

An outgoing, sexually aggressive young woman meets and begins a torrid affair with an equally aggressive young man in which their affair begins to bring a strain on their personal lives.

Plot Keywords:

Nipples Visible Through Clothing | Best Friend | Film Starts With Sex | Sex In Car | Explicit Sex

Awards:

2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 21	3:25 AM	TMC
Sat. July 26	2:15 AM	TMC

Cast

Lauren Lee Smith	...	Leila
Eric Balfour	...	David
Polly Shannon	...	Victoria
Mayko Nguyen	...	Kika
Michael Facciolo	...	Shy Guy
Kate Lynch	...	Marla
Ron White	...	Ben
Kristin Lehman	...	Rachel
Don Francks	...	Joshua
Richard Chevolleau	...	Vigorous
Frank Chiesurin	...	Joel
Nicola Lipman	...	Rabbi
Theresa Tova	...	Russian Wedding Singer

Directed by
Clément Virgo

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tamara Berger		novel
Tamara Berger		screenplay
Clément Virgo		screenplay

Produced by
Damon D'Oliveira	....	producer: Conquering Lion
Hartley Gorenstein	....	line producer
Julia Rosenberg	....	executive producer
Clément Virgo	....	producer: Conquering Lion

Original Music by
Byron Wong

Cinematography by
Barry Stone		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Susan Maggi

Casting by
John Buchan
Wendy O'Brien

Production Design by
Kathleen Climie

Art Direction by
Sharon Lacoste

Costume Design by
Antoinette Messam

Makeup Department
Nicole Babb	....	daily makeup artist
Amara Craig	....	daily hair stylist
Jenn Gould	....	key hair stylist
Rhonda Heffernan	....	makeup artist
Dawn E. Rivard	....	daily hair stylist (as Dawn Rivard)
Janice Schantz	....	daily makeup artist
Charles Seminerio	....	daily hair stylist (as Charles Semnerio)
Taraleigh Wallace	....	daily hair stylist (as Tara Leigh Wallace)
Sandra Wheatle	....	key makeup artist
Rikki Zucker	....	daily hair stylist (as Ricky Zucker)

Production Management
Hartley Gorenstein	....	production manager
Calvin B. Grant	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Glen Adams	....	third assistant director
Megan Banning	....	first assistant director
Gregory Besky	....	third assistant director
David Coulter	....	second assistant director
Rebecca Hu	....	trainee assistant director
Pazz Neglia	....	second assistant director
David Sparkes	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Elizabeth Bailey	....	scenic artist
Gil Barbosa	....	painter
Frank Botello	....	painter
Jean Brophey	....	property master
David Fuller	....	key scenic
Brian Jones	....	construction coordinator
Jonathan McKenzie	....	head carpenter
Rowena O'Connor	....	property assistant
Richelle Wilks	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
David Caporale	....	sound assistant
Matthew Chan	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
John Elliot	....	foley assistant
John Hazen	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ronayne Higginson	....	adr & dialogue editor
Les Jolliffe	....	boom operator
Martin Gwynn Jones	....	first assistant sound editor
David McCallum	....	co-sound designer
Matthew McKenzie	....	adr recordist
Colin McLellan	....	adr recordist
Aleksandar Mitrovic	....	audio assist
Daniel Pellerin	....	sound
Brent Pickett	....	sound assistant
Jan Rudy	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bissa Scekic	....	sound mixer
Jane Tattersall	....	sound designer

Special Effects by
Brock Jolliffe	....	special effects coordinator
John Sanders	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
David Hedley	....	colour grading artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Jennifer Beasley	....	assistant camera
Alan G. Kelly	....	grip
Loreen Ruddock	....	gaffer
Ian Watson	....	still photographer
Brian White	....	first assistant camera

Casting Department
Susan Curran	....	extras casting
Jonathan Payne	....	casting assistant
Jennifer Rudolph	....	casting: New York

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dorothy Crutcher	....	assistant costume designer
Michelle Lyte	....	wardrobe buyer

Editorial Department
Robert Doyle	....	assistant editor
David Hedley	....	color grader

Other crew
Jonas Bell Pasht	....	assistant to producer
Don Cornelius	....	location manager
Sam Javanrouh	....	title designer
Anthony Pangalos	....	production coordinator
Anne Podwin	....	script supervisor
Wendy Saffer	....	unit publicist
Danielle Shamash	....	assistant to director
Jeff A. Wright	....	production associate
Kerry Young	....	assistant to producer

Thanks
Jane Tattersall	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Conquering Lion Productions

Distributors

• Bir Film (2006) (Turkey) (all media)
• First Distributors (2005) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Eurocine Films (2006) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Eurocine (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• MRA Entertainment Group (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• Shaw Organisation (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Starmedia Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• THINKFilm (2005) (North America) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Harold Greenberg Fund, The  funding
• Optix Digital Post & FX  digital intermediate
• Tattersall Sound  picture editing facilities
• Tattersall Sound  sound post-production
• The Development House Inc.  story editing

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Singapore:R21 (cut) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (British Columbia/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Malaysia:(Banned) | South Korea:18 (re-rating) (cut) | South Korea:Limited (original rating) | Australia:R | Brazil:18 | Japan:R-18 | Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/18 | Argentina:18 | Germany:16 | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Fever Nightclub, 38 King William Street, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Conquering Lion Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: When Leila is performing oral sex on a stranger she meet in the club, she pulls his pants and undergarments down to the ground. In the next shot, his pants are up around his waist again (with the fly open). The third shot shows his pants around his ankles once again.

Quotes:

Leila: I wish I could ride my bike forever. I wish the Sun would never go down. The summer will go on, and on, until every person is out on the streets, and feeling like me.

Movie Connections:

References Atalante, L' (1934)

Soundtrack:

The River Carries Us Away

Surprisingly effective and haunting

I was truly surprised by the emotional depth and haunting quality of this film, which could easily have felt merely cheap and tawdry because of the abundant nudity and almost explicit sex that dominates it. The excellence of the performances, however, acts as a counterbalance to the sexual titillation.

In acting this tale of the struggle between sheer lust and real love, both leads radiate a subtlety of emotion through facial expression and body posture that makes the largely non-conversational characters "speak" in articulated ways. The sparse voice-overs effectively assist the development of the relationship. In a society where wide sexual experimentation at early ages exposes many to the pitfalls this film explores, this is a strong statement about the human hunger for love and real relationship.