All About Lily Chou Chou
An electrified tale of teen alienation within Japan's pervasive pop/cyber culture.
Life isn't easy for a group of high school kids growing up absurd in Japan's pervasive pop/cyber culture. As they negotiate teen badlands- school bullies, parents from another planet, lurid snapshots of sex and death- these everyday rebels without a cause seek sanctuary, even salvation, through pop star saviour Lily Chou-Chou, embracing her sad, dreamy songs and sharing their fears and secrets in Lilyholic chat rooms. Immersed in the speed of everyday troubles, their lives inevitably climax in a fatal collision between real and virtual identities, a final logging-off from innocence. Written by Sujit R. Varma
Certificate: UK:15
Key cast / credits: Dir / Writer: Shunji Iwai
Cast: Hayato Ichihara, Shûgo Oshinari, Ayumi Ito
Running time: 146 mins
Release date: 30 August 2002 (UK)
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Format available: 35mm/digi
"Much of All About Lilly Chou-Chou is mesmerizing: some of its plaintiveness could make you weep" Elvis Mitchell, New York Times