Lie with Me
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| Directed by | Clément Virgo |
| Produced by |
Damon D'Oliveira Clément Virgo |
| Written by |
Tamara Faith Berger (novel and screenplay) Clément Virgo (screenplay) |
| Starring |
Lauren Lee Smith Eric Balfour Polly Shannon Ron White Kate Lynch Don Francks Kristin Lehman |
| Music by | Byron Wong |
| Cinematography | Barry Stone |
| Edited by | Susan Maggi |
| Distributed by | THINKFilm |
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93 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | CAD 2,200,000 (estimated) |
Lie with Me is a Canadian drama film with graphic, unsimulated sexual content that played at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival. It is based on the novel of the same name by Tamara Faith Berger. The film features Lauren Lee Smith and Eric Balfour. Its plot concerns an outgoing, sexually aggressive young woman who meets and begins a torrid affair with an equally aggressive young man, which brings a strain on their personal lives. The backdrop of a very hot summer in the city adds to the steamy nature of the relationship.
Set and shot in Toronto (primarily The Annex), the film was directed by Clement Virgo.
Included in the soundtrack is music by Broken Social Scene and Annelise Noronha.
The camera slowly zooms out on a young woman masturbating to a porn sex tape. She gets up abruptly and goes out to a party, looking for sex. Leila has learned she has some power over men with sex but feels a part of her is still untouched, holding back, despite her assertiveness. Before she can choose a partner for the night she is corraled by David, into a bathroom, while his girlfriend calls through the door. She leaves, but keeps her eye on David as she picks up a shy guy, with whom she has sex against a fence outside as David watches from his car while his girlfriend fellates him. Leila is in complete control of her encounter while David remains completely passive.
He next sees her walking down the street, and follows her. She smiles but does not speak to him and breaks into a run, leading him to a playground. They crouch inside a small tunnel and watch each other as she begins to touch herself. But this time he leaves.
Leila visits her parents and learns that her mother is leaving her father and selling her childhood home. Her father is devastated, staying stoned on pot and refusing to do anything while her mother clears out the house. Leila's best friend, Victoria, is getting ready to be married, but confesses that she's had sex with an old boyfriend recently, despite her insistence that she loves her fiance and is ready to settle down. Leila is skeptical but supportive, and Victoria laughs when she turns on the VCR and discovers the porn tape Leila was watching; Leila tells her nothing about David.
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