"Like Spanglish, it uses a college entrance essay as its framing device, which is not to say it hawks a naïve liberal's vision of assimilation and cultural identity." - Ed Gonzalez

This movie was recommended to me by Criticker and I'm glad that I watched it. There is so much to take home from watching this movie. Excellent sexual tension with some brave dialogs. No matter what women and money should always be a safely guarded secret.

Watched it on neglected gems schedule. Lila seduced me like Chimo from the first moment. There are some good insights about the nature of first sparks of love. An overgrown treacherous friend subplot brings it down a lot. Is it the only way to create a central conflict and conclusion, I think not. A surgery of this plot enforcement and some push deeper would reveal a great movie.

Amazing camera, great soundtrack and gorgeous Vahina Giocante make this an excellent, haunting movie that is something different than I'm used to.

müstehcen, asiri müstehcen, adult, küfürlü, Müslüman, göcmen, fransa, arkadas baskisi, tecavüz. (Lila isimli teyzesinin yaninda yasiyan kiz Fransa'da bir Arap mahallesine tasinir. Burada üc arkadasiyla aylaklik yapan Chimo ile yollari kesisir. Kiz sürekli Chimo'ya müstehcen hikayeler anlatmaktadir. Bir tarafta kendisi icin bir cikis arayan Chimo diger tarafta öksüz ve yetim Lila'nin ilk genclik yillarinin öyküsüdür.) finalde lila tecavüze ugrar. anlattiklarinin kurmaca oldugu ortaya cikar I

Cool but not as cool as I thought.