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Sunday, July 14
2:00pm
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$12/ General & $10/ Members
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$40 /General & $34 /Members
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“Much of All About Lily Chou-Chou is mesmerizing: some of its plaintiveness could make you weep.” – Elvis Mitchell, The New York Times
“One of the most haunting, viciously honest coming-of-age films in recent memory.” – Ernest Hardy, LA Weekly
PAIN CAN TAKE YOU IN PRISON. THE ETHER CAN SET YOU FREE.
All About Lily Chou-Chou 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 fictional pop star Lily Chou-Chou.
For kids around the world, music is often the only salvation when the pain and anxiety of teenage life becomes too much to bear. Yuichi (Hayato Ichihara) is in the 8th grade, and he worships Lily Chou-Chou, a Bjork-like chanteuse whose epic music is lush and transcendent. Yuichi only lives for Lily Chou-Chou’s big Tokyo concert, where the lies and violence can be washed away by the presence of his goddess and her powerful music. But fate has yet another obstacle in store for Lily’s devoted fan.
Screening in Japanese with English subtitles.
Shunji Iwai, Japan, 2001, 146 minutes, DCP
Festivals, Awards, & Nominations
Winner – CICAE Panorama Prize, Berlin International Film Festival 2002
Winner – Best New Talent, Yokohama Film Festival 2002
ANIME CLUB PRESENTS
All About Lily Chou-Chou screens as a part of our Anime Club Presents series screening July 11-14, 2024. View the full series page to learn more here.
MEMBER TICKETING
If you are a FACETS Film Club member, you and your guests may use your complimentary free tickets for this screening. Please note that walking up with a ticket does not guarantee a seat in the case of a sell-out. We invite you to reserve your complimentary seats by contacting FACETS Help Desk (phone 773-281-9075, ext. 1 or email help@facets.org). After advance reservation, the free ticket(s) must be brought and redeemed at the FACETS Box Office when you arrive for the screening.
