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2003 French film

Little Lili
Directed by	Claude Miller
Written by	Julien Boivent Anton Chekhov Claude Miller
Produced by	Annie Miller
Starring	Ludivine Sagnier Jean-Pierre Marielle
Cinematography	Gérard de Battista
Edited by	Véronique Lange
Release date	27 August 2003 (2003-08-27)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$5.8 million
Box office	$3.1 million

Little Lili (French: La petite Lili) is a 2003 French drama film directed by Claude Miller. The film stars Ludivine Sagnier, Bernard Giraudeau, Nicole Garcia, Julie Depardieu and Jean-Pierre Marielle.

Plot

The plot is based on the 1896 stage play The Seagull by Anton Chekhov.

A group of cinematics spend a holiday in the French countryside. The film provides insight into their relationships, including that between a young man, Julien, and a local girl, Lili. Lili uses the opportunity to work her way into the cinematic world. She transfers her attentions from Julien to his mother's lover, an established filmmaker, who takes Lili on a trip to Paris.

A few years later Julien has become a filmmaker himself. His first film is inspired by the holiday with Lili. Lili, who is by now an established actress, learns about it and works herself into its cast, becoming the star of the production. However she does not resume her personal relationship with Julien, who remains faithful to his wife and young daughter.

Cast

Nicole Garcia - Mado Marceaux
Bernard Giraudeau - Brice
Jean-Pierre Marielle - Simon Marceaux
Ludivine Sagnier - Lili
Robinson Stévenin - Julien Marceaux
Julie Depardieu - Jeanne-Marie
Yves Jacques - Serge
Anne Le Ny - Léone
Marc Betton - Guy
Michel Piccoli - Actor Who Plays Simon
Maylie Del Piero
Mathieu Grondin - Julien-Acteur
Louise Boisvert - Actress Who Plays Léone

Awards and nominations

Cannes Film Festival (France)
- Nominated: Golden Palm (Claude Miller)
Chicago Film Festival (USA)
- Won: Silver Hugo - Best Female Performance (Ludivine Sagnier)
César Awards (France)
- Won: Best Actress – Supporting Role (Julie Depardieu)
- Won: Most Promising Actress (Julie Depardieu)
- Nominated: Best Actor – Supporting Role (Jean-Pierre Marielle)
- Nominated: Best Director (Claude Miller)

References

"La Petite Lili (2003) - JPBox-Office".
"La petite Lili 2004 Re-release".
"Festival de Cannes: Little Lili". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-11-05.

External links

Little Lili (La petite Lili) at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Claude Miller
The Best Way to Walk (1976) This Sweet Sickness (1977) Garde à Vue (1981) Deadly Circuit (1983) An Impudent Girl (1985) The Little Thief (1988) The Accompanist (1992) Le Sourire (1994) Class Trip (1998) Of Woman and Magic (2000) Alias Betty (2001) Little Lili (2003) A Secret (2007) Marching Band (2009) I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive (2009) See How They Dance (2010) Thérèse Desqueyroux (2012)

Films directed by Claude Miller

The Best Way to Walk (1976)
This Sweet Sickness (1977)
Garde à Vue (1981)
Deadly Circuit (1983)
An Impudent Girl (1985)
The Little Thief (1988)
The Accompanist (1992)
Le Sourire (1994)
Class Trip (1998)
Of Woman and Magic (2000)
Alias Betty (2001)
Little Lili (2003)
A Secret (2007)
Marching Band (2009)
I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive (2009)
See How They Dance (2010)
Thérèse Desqueyroux (2012)

v t e Anton Chekhov's The Seagull (1896)
Films	The Seagull (1959) The Sea Gull (1968) The Seagull (1972) Little Lili (2003) The Seagull (2018)
Plays	Moscow Art Theatre production (1898) The Notebook of Trigorin (1981) Stupid Fucking Bird (2013)
Other	The Seagull (1974 opera) The Seagull (1980 ballet)
Related	Subject for a Short Story Birds of Paradise

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