Anne Le Ny, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Pierre Marielle

When the young and overly sensitive filmmaker Julien screens his new DV art-film starring his girlfriend Lili--a sexy young local girl--to his famous actress mother Mado, and her lover Brice, an accom...( read more  read more... )plished film director, an unraveling of the delicate peace in their house begins. The graceful beauty Lili, who dreams of becoming a famous actress like Mado, is immediately fascinated by Brice, who gladly falls prey to her charms. Lili's ambitions will stop at nothing and she soon seduces Brice into leaving Mado to take her to Paris so she can become a movie actress. Mado and Julien are left to pick up the pieces of their disrupted lives, and for Julien the loss is almost fatal. Five years later, Julien, now a more established filmmaker, remakes a fictionalized account of this disastrous love quadrangle, which nearly destroyed him. He reunites the characters--based on Mado, Brica and Lili--in his first, highly autobiographical, feature film. In real life, Lili is no longer with Brice, but indeed, she has become a famous actress. When she learns of Julien's new film, and that it's about that tempestuous summer of five years past, she tries to reconnect with him.

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R, 1 hr. 39 min.

Directed by: Claude Miller

Release Date: November 12, 2004

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DVD Release Date: August 23, 2005

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  • September 18, 2008
    Un film assez intéressant, d'après une adaptation de La Mouette d'Anton Chekhov. Les acteurs sont très bons. Cependant, j'ai trouvé que le scénario ne développait pas assez l'histoire, qui finit par tourner en rond. Pas une perle, mais tout de même une jolie découverte!
  • September 16, 2008
    This movie was very good.
  • September 9, 2008
    Good movie. Of course, Ludivine goes full-frontal AGAIN.
  • December 8, 2007
    Great cast. Love the opening, very powerful images and beautiful cinematography. To quote this movie, La Petite Lili strikes me as if "someone is squzzing my heart...". I think Perfume used the same theme music. Great movie! One of the best adaptation for a classic literature(alt...( read more)ho I havent read The Seagull, now I reallly want to). Also, Ludivine Sagnier got to show off her curvy sexy body in the begining.
  • July 19, 2007
    you won't like anyone is this movie..But you'll feel sorry for everyone in this movie.
  • August 14, 2006
    it was ok, but it had potential to be so much better. i did really like the character of Lili.

Critic Reviews


December 10, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Miller, a French director of dry humor and great skill, has taken the Chekhov outline and updated it to present-day France, substituting the cinema for literature. full review

November 11, 2004
Marcy Dermansky, About.com

Perhaps only Ludivine's besotted fans, hooked from her primarily topless performance in Francois Ozon's "Swimming Pool," will not be disappointed. full review

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