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Interviews withClaude Miller and Ludivine Sagnier; Director biography; Photo gallery; Theatrical trailer; Trailer gallery
Full Product DetailsSide #1 --
1. Opening [11:49]
2. Dreaming of Sleeping [12:44]
3. Cigar Before Dinner [7:05]
4. What Came Over Julien Yesterday? [4:57]
5. Quiet Lunch [8:02]
6. Lili and Julien [5:51]
7. I'd Like to Have Your Life [7:48]
8. Julien Arrives [7:09]
9. Telephone Conversation [8:51]
10. We Have a Daughter [9:08]
11. On the Set [12:52]
12. Closing Credits [3:23]
Anton Chekhov's The Seagull receives an updated adaptation in this drama from veteran French filmmaker Claude Miller. Mado (Nicole Garcia) is a successful actress who is spending the summer at her country estate with her boyfriend, Brice (Bernard Giraudeau), a noted filmmaker who directed her latest picture. Also staying with Mado is her son, Julien (Robinson Stévenin), a budding experimental filmmaker with a combustible personality who is infatuated with Lili (Ludivine Sagnier), a beautiful young woman whose family lives nearby. Lili is attentive but cool around Julien, who doesn't pay much heed to the attentions of Jeanne-Marie (Julie Depardieu), the daughter of Mado's caretaker (Marc Betton) who has long held a torch for him. When Julien screens his latest film for Mado and her guests, it leads to a bitter argument between the two as her criticism of her son's work devolves into a series of personal attacks on one another. As Julien threatens to sever ties with his mother, Lili courts the attentions of Brice, while Jeanne-Marie defends Julien's work with little reaction from him. La Petite Lili received its world premiere at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide