Characteristics of the film according to Lila

Adapted from the French best-selling and controversial novel of the same name, the anonymous author used the diary of an 18-year-old boy, Seamus, to write about the purest love in the budding stage of love. Different from the original novel, director Ziad Doueiri creatively adapted the story, which was originally a first-person boy's confession, to depict the sweet and sour taste of a boy and a girl's first taste of love.

The background of the story was adapted from the suburbs of Paris to the poor and backward Arab district of Marseille; in addition, a new plot line was added to make the development of the plot more tense. The love between the male and female protagonists finally became like It is as breathtaking as "Romeo and Juliet". Although the pain and helplessness revealed in the ending is regrettable, the director creatively left a space full of hope and thought-provoking.

The saving grace of this film, which is also the most attractive, lies in the director's hyper-realistic film style, which deliberately simplifies the story structure and replaces it with dreamlike blurred images, the smooth rhythm of hand-held photography, and pop music. , rock music, and electronic music, such as the music of the well-known psychedelic electronic music group AIR, bring the audience into an unknown and fictional imaginary space.