My Words, My Lies - My Love

by Alain Gsponer

The shy waiter David succeeds in winning the attentions of the young Marie after he pretends to be the author of a novel whose manuscript he found in a junk shop.

Until now, David Kern was a waiter and a decidedly unliterary nobody. His only true passion is Marie, who loves literature and seems to be out of reach for him. When David finds the unpublished manuscript of a novel in a second-hand night table, it seems to be his only chance to get Marie's attention ... Marie's reaction is more than he ever hoped for. She's ecstatic about the book and secretly finds a publisher for it. Soon the novel is hailed as a masterpiece, and David becomes a dazzled but overwhelmed literary superstar, with Marie's love for him growing with every review. After a public reading on his PR tour, his second worst nightmare becomes reality when Alfred Duster, a name he only knows as the author of the manuscript he found, smilingly asks for a signed copy of the novel. Duster wants money and begins to take over David's life. Unable to bear the pressure any longer, David confesses to Marie. She leaves him dazed and confused, and David knows that he needs to show Marie his love and despair in a way she will understand.

Genre / Language / Length
Romance / German / 103 minutes
Original title
Lila, Lila
directed by
Alain Gsponer
produced by
Film 1 and Falcom in coproduction with Millbrook Pictures AG
Cast
  • Daniel Brühl (RUSH, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS)
  • Hannah Herzsprung (BABYLON BERLIN, FOUR MINUTES, THE READER)
  • Henry Hübchen (GO FOR ZUCKER!)
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Press Quotes

"A well-crafted romantic comedy... a clever crowdpleaser, that glides along on the sheer power of rising German star Daniel Bruhl's boyish charm."
Variety

"... a fantastic cast ... a smart, sharp satire on the madness of the book market and as an entirely uncynical and kitsch-free romance. A delight."
Kulturspiegel, Spiegel Online

"A kind of film we should find more often in German cinema


good-natured, nothing more and nothing less."
Süddeutsche Zeitung

"Turbulent, witty and charming "
Zitty

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