All About Lily Chou-Chou
(2001)
★ 7.5 IMDb · 318 votes
Year: 2001
Runtime: 146 мин
Country: Japan
Director: Сюндзи Ивай
Cast: 市原隼人, 忍成修吾, Ю Аой, 伊藤歩, Иссэй Такахаши, 勝地涼, Такао Осава, Томохиро Каку, 松田一沙, 細山田隆人
Plot
Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of pop star Lily Chou-Chou.
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 savior 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.