Lila Says (Lila dit ca)
technical and artistic
Director: Ziad Doueir.
countries: France, Italy and the UK.
Year: 2004.
Length: 89 min.
Gener: Drama.
Interpretation: Vahina Giocante (Lila), Mohammed KHOU (Chim), Karim Ben Haddou (Mouloud), Edmond Franchi (Aunt), Lotfi Chakri (Bakary), Hamid DKHISSI (Great-Jo), Carmen Lebbos ( Madre de Chim).
Screenwriter: Ziad Doueir; based on the novel by Chimo.
Producer: Marina Gefter.
Music: Nitin Sawhney.
Photo: John Daly.
Editor: Tina Baz.
Production design: Yves Bernard.
Costumes: Pierre Matard.
tells the history of marginalization, lack of rootedness and sense of identity, resulting in social phobia, with its base, the unknown phobia different.
characters, are few young men of Arab origin, living in a suburb of a city in France. They are frustrated, bored and tired. Not knowing what to do with their lives openly and without question if you want. With the exception of one, who will lead us this beautiful story of love for life.
The film explores how the closure, clinging to a rigid lifestyle on the one hand and define us all give a seudoidentidad that gives us a place in the social world in which we are. On the other hand, if you are very rigid, limited and deny us the possibility to raise and question what we want, want and need, each one for himself. Then, the seudoidentidad, puts identity as belonging to a clan, race, culture, namely, the identity as a person and individual, with their wishes and needs.
integration between people
There are times, as shown in the film, culture, tradition come before the identity of the person and also to provide it with a sense of identity (social), belonging , will serve as a defense to a larger culture, which in this case is the French, that contains it. At the time in which there are two parts, worlds that are not known, it is natural, when an individual, nation, group, state that will be establishing a relationship dialogical, that depending on the needs of both parties will establish and create a relationship.
What these encounters not created? What's what as seen in this movie just relate the French "lifetime" with the Arabs, and finally end up creating ghettos and barrios almost exclusively for "Arabs" in this case?
This debate would be very interesting but I'll leave it to enter other aspects, two central themes of the film and I think provide clues for resolving this issue.
The
Sexuality sexuality as an engine of life. The libido, the creative energy and life is asleep in our protagonist. Is dissatisfied, frustrated, do not know what to do with your life and when the opportunity arises to do something with it rejects. Are you afraid, is depressed? Until
Lila appears in her life. Lila
represents life, the desire, the mysterious, strange, bizarre and unknown. And the star that attracts you, well it attracts more Lila, who represents this. It's fantastic.
His friends also are attracted to Lila, but otherwise. His main friend Lila wants to possess, dispose of, as if it were an object. This is the difference between sexuality and possession.
sexuality is pleasure, is attraction, desire, curiosity, interest in the other, discover it, know it, enjoy it. Possession is having it, having him, and if you resist, even use force. Sexuality is
respect, it is play, exploration, knowledge and recognition. Is contact. And the contact is between a self that I want to relate with you also want. And there, at that meeting is where we play, recognize, learn, enjoy and create the meeting. Without that desire, and acceptance and take into account that I am who I relate with you that relates, respect and the meeting is impossible.
This idea, basis of the Gestalt, is central to any encounter, relationship, applicable to the integration between members of different cultures in our societies. Chimo and Lila
meet and create a relationship between unique.
Creativity is another important aspect that presents the film. Chimo
knows and enjoys writing. But do not dare to study and pursue it, and away from his mother, separated from her, leaving behind the known, assume their family history, their future and life. Until once ignited and fueled the energy of life, with their meeting and relationship with Lila, Chimo resumes his writing, and brings into play their creative abilities. Lila and Chimo
share their concerns and stories by drawing on images and experiences. So nourish and nurture their creative abilities.
Lila has a great capacity for invention and imagination that helps him escape his claustrophobic family life situation is desperate and the way they relate to the world, in this case with Chimo. Lila gives a picture really determined woman, mature and daring than it really is. And it also brings complications.
Fantasy is a creative tool when you put it into play in a conscious way, and one is destructive when it interferes in your life, and can limit you.
Chimo
capacity then puts into play in different areas of your life with your writing, writing a diary of his relationship with Lila, who is working his book as accessible to the institution where you can become a writer, is committed to their profession a writer, meets and addresses the relationship of dependency with their mother, while his mother also serves and affects your life, takes her family and an abandonment of his father. In the only area where it does not suit your creativity, understanding and creativity, as the adjustment, change and adaptation that we do in ourselves and our environment with the experience and knowledge that we acquire and integrate in our life is with his friends in regard to social position he occupies. What happens to this kid who does not dare to tell their friends, especially one, yes, he meets Lila and likes, and that is with her, what is / is? Why does not your face? And not to face creates problems. And serious. I think
Chimo afraid. That does not dare to stay alone in the world. Preferring to rely on a structure that will hold and shelter, as is his group of friends, but this does not provide satisfaction and will even lead to conflict.
attitude is common in adolescence. The priority of the group of friends where you feel someone to seek and carry out what one is satisfied o al menos, si no sabe qué le satisface salir a buscarlo.
Claro que una vez que soy consciente de mi actitud y acción he de responsabilizarme de mi necesidad y elegir lo que necesito. Si es el amparo del grupo el amparo y si es la exploración, y el riesgo de salir al mundo, el riesgo.
Chimo no es conciente de su actuación y de sus consecuencias hasta puede, que al final de la historia.
La prostitución es otro tema que toca la película, y que no quiero dejar desapercibido. En la prostitución que conozco, conocemos y nos muestra la película, la relación entre cliente y prostituta, están basadas en el dinero, y uso de la otra persona como objeto exchange and transaction. You get money and other pleasure.
I highlight as a distinct and opposed to the development of creativity and sexuality. Chimo's friends do not go to where prostitutes to develop their lovemaking, and sexual skills and be more creative and prostitutes either, both seek to possess, money and pleasure.
I think both options are options and I would like it to become election.
Ainara Campos
