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Film commentary: Lila

And if our drawings could change the course of things. An unusual and poetic interruption in the real world. Something to dream about for young and old alike. A beautiful idea about the power of imagination and a perfect production. A must-see. Have fun with your students from kindergarten onwards imagining and drawing new situations.

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Question the film: Lila

Understand the story, the theme, express your sensibility and exercise your critical mind.

"The great artists are those who impose their own particular illusion on humanity."
Pierre et Jean, Guy de Maupassan (1850-1893)

"One day, everything will be fine, that is our hope Everything is fine today, that is the illusion."
Poem on the Lisbon disaster, Voltaire (1694-1778)

1 How isthis film visually different from traditional animated films?
It is a short film shot with a camera (live action) with drawings integrated into the images. This technique is called compositing and consists of mixing several sources of images to make a single shot
2 Who is the main character and what is she holding in her hands at second 53?
She is a young woman holding a sketchbook.
3 What is the young woman drawing and what is she doing with her drawing at 2:05?
She is drawing the table at which the couple is sitting, but she is not drawing the woman in the couple. She is superimposing the drawing onto reality and, in this way, creating the illusion that the woman is no longer in the scene.
4 What happens when she places her drawing of a helmet on the man's head at 2:30?
It looksas if the man is feeling something, as if the helmet is really on his head.
5 What happens when she draws a young woman kissing the young man at 3:19?
It looksas if the young man really got the kiss.Perhaps she has magical powers?
6 From 5:32 onwards, what happens when she draws complete sets?
She redraws the whole city to make it look the way she wants.
7 Who arethe people in the photograph she is looking at at 7:32?
It looks like a photograph of her parents and herself as a little girl.
8 What does she do from then on and why?
She starts drawing herself and her family in order to recall childhood memories.

Download the PDF of the film's educational activities

Created with the support of the Ministry of Education and the CNC.
Viewing of the film with the family, educational activities with parents at home and with teachers in the classroom.
Transforming the world (Visual arts) (Cycle 2 and 3)
Educational activities proposed by Aurélie Moriceau from the blog Maikresse 72 based on the film Lila.
Continuous reading (French) (Cycle 2 and 3)
Pedagogical activities proposedby Aurélie Moriceau from the blog Maikresse 72 based on the film Lila.

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Theme

Imagination

Genre and keywords

Fantasy, drawing, dreaming, changing the world.

Recommended age

3 years.
Parental control.

Length

9 min 9 s.

Title

Lila

Director

Carlos Lascano

Music

Sandy Lavallart

Production

2014

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