Lost and Delirious (2001)

A newcomer to a posh girls boarding school discovers that her two senior roommates are lovers.

Director:

Léa Pool

Writers:

Susan Swan (novel), Judith Thompson (screenplay)

Stars:

Piper Perabo, Jessica Paré, Mischa Barton

4 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Piper Perabo	...	Pauline 'Paulie' Oster
Jessica Paré	...	Victoria 'Tori' Moller
Mischa Barton	...	Mary 'Mouse' Bedford
Jackie Burroughs	...	Fay Vaughn
Mimi Kuzyk	...	Eleanor Bannet
Graham Greene	...	Joe Menzies
Emily VanCamp	...	Allison Moller (as Emily Vancamp)
Amy Stewart	...	Cordelia
Caroline Dhavernas	...	Kara
Luke Kirby	...	Jake Hollander
Alan Fawcett	...	Bruce Moller
Peter Oldring	...	Phil
Grace Lynn Kung	...	Lauren (as Grace Kung)
Stephen Mwinga	...	John
Lydia Zadel	...	Monica

Storyline

Lost and Delirious is the story of three adolescent girls' first love, their discovery of sexual passion, and their search for identities. Set in a posh, private boarding school surrounded by luxuriant, green forest, Lost and Delirious moves swiftly from academic routine, homesickness, and girlish silliness to the darker region of lover's intrigue.

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Plot Keywords:

lesbian | girls' boarding school | teenage sexuality | lesbians caught in bed | lesbian romance | 

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Taglines:

Friends. Roommates. Lovers.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexual content involving teens, and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Film debut of Luke Kirby.

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Goofs

When Ms. Vaughn writes the word love on the blackboard, the writing alternates between two differently written love words in the next scenes.

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Quotes

Fay Vaughn: [Reading a text in class while Paulie reads along in silence] "Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts unsex me here; and fill me from the crown to the toe topfull of direst cruelty! Make thick my blood, stop up the access and passage to remorse that no compunctious visitings of nature shake my fell purpose. Come to my woman's breast and take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers wherever in your sightless substance you wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, and apll thee in ...

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Connections

Featured in Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004)

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Soundtracks

You Had Time
Written and Performed by Ani DiFranco
Published by Righteous Babe Music
Courtesy of Righteous Babe Records

User Reviews

Excellent!

Another great movie by Léa Pool (La Demoiselle sauvage, Emporte-moi).

This is not a lesbian-film, it's a film about love, about the happiness and the pain that goes with it. It's a true and poignant movie, but also very evocative and profound. The acting is excellent by the three lead characters: Piper Perabo, Jessica Paré and Mischa Barton. They're really in it. Because you see, almost everybody, sometimes in their life, get through a period like these girls are going. Who hasn't been completely shattered by a relationship that's going nowhere or simply doesn't lift up? Funny parts too: especially those with the gardener offering some words of advice to Mouse. Léa Pool makes also good use of the slow-motion to describe the pain, the emotion, the passion. In all, a movie that should be seen.

Seen at the Devonshire Odeon Cinema, in Windsor (Ontario), on August 21st, 2001.

85/100 (***½)

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 September 2001 (Israel)

Also Known As:

Lost and Delirious

Filming Locations:

Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$41,215, 8 July 2001

Gross USA:

$307,233

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$396,897

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cité-Amérique, Dummett Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1