La P’tite Lili

(1927)

★ 5.1 IMDb · 14 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1927

Runtime: 15 мин

Country: France

Director: Alberto Cavalcanti

Cast: Catherine Hessling, Jean Renoir, Guy Ferrant, Dido Freire, Roland Caillaux, Erik Aaes, Jean Storm

Plot

La P’tite Lili is a silent short drama depicting the fate of a young orphaned girl in the working-class districts of Paris. The film follows Lili, a teenage girl marked by innocence and vulnerability, as she is drawn into the city’s underworld after encountering a man who exploits her circumstances. Told through impressionistic visual style rather than dialogue, the film presents a tragic portrait of social marginalization and moral collapse within an urban environment.