Luscious Ludivine Pouts and Sizzles
Right away, in the opening scene of Claude Miller's "La Petite Lili," Ludivine Sagnier takes her clothes off.
Perhaps Ludi's besotted fans, hooked from her primarily topless performance in Francois Ozon's "Swimming Pool," will not be disappointed. Beyond Sagnier's ample charm, however, the film has little going for it.
Miller's screenplay is a modern day re-telling of Anton Chekhov's classic play "The Seagull" – sans the sad ending. Sagnier stars in the title role.
A local girl in a beach town in the Southern Coast of France, she exudes freckled face innocence, ripening se xuality, and worldly cunning – all in one adorable package.
It comes as no surprise when young Lili dumps her young lover Julien (Robison Stevenin), for the older, more succesful Brice (Bernard Giraundeau), causing havoc in the lives of many refined French folk.
But five years later, the joke is on her. Julien is a rising young filmmaker; in his highly anticipated first film, he recreates his adolescent heartbreak which include a botched attempt at incestuous relations with his mother and a suicide attempt. He needs to cast an actress, and Lili, now a big star, wants the role.
What do you think will happen? Lili pouts, she begs, she flirts, and Julien caves in. Only now he has a good woman (Julie Deparedieu) at his side who loves him.
We watch again, only this time the glorious French countryside and the well-appointed home are reduced to a sound stage. The repetition is not revelatory. Sagnier's clothes stay firmly in place as the "La Petite Lili" grinds its way towards a terrifically anti-climatic end.
Right away, in the opening scene of Claude Miller's "La Petite Lili," Ludivine Sagnier takes her clothes off.
Perhaps Ludi's besotted fans, hooked from her primarily topless performance in Francois Ozon's "Swimming Pool," will not be disappointed. Beyond Sagnier's ample charm, however, the film has little going for it.
Miller's screenplay is a modern day re-telling of Anton Chekhov's classic play "The Seagull" – sans the sad ending. Sagnier stars in the title role.
A local girl in a beach town in the Southern Coast of France, she exudes freckled face innocence, ripening se xuality, and worldly cunning – all in one adorable package.
It comes as no surprise when young Lili dumps her young lover Julien (Robison Stevenin), for the older, more succesful Brice (Bernard Giraundeau), causing havoc in the lives of many refined French folk.
But five years later, the joke is on her. Julien is a rising young filmmaker; in his highly anticipated first film, he recreates his adolescent heartbreak which include a botched attempt at incestuous relations with his mother and a suicide attempt. He needs to cast an actress, and Lili, now a big star, wants the role.
What do you think will happen? Lili pouts, she begs, she flirts, and Julien caves in. Only now he has a good woman (Julie Deparedieu) at his side who loves him.
We watch again, only this time the glorious French countryside and the well-appointed home are reduced to a sound stage. The repetition is not revelatory. Sagnier's clothes stay firmly in place as the "La Petite Lili" grinds its way towards a terrifically anti-climatic end.
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