Her ethereal music (alongside Debussy) is the continuous background soundtrack of this teenage drama and the interactions in a fan site dedicated to her, work as little interludes throughout the film, giving insight to the minds of the characters. While the story’s focus changes from character to character and the timeline jumps between present day and past events, the continuing link between all the main characters is an enigmatic fictitious pop star Lily Chou-Chou. The film, spanning over nearly two and a half hours, follows a group of teenagers in a rural Japanese town. However, while All About Lily Chou-Chou may not be horror, it is in parts quite horrific in its exploration of teenage angst and takes the viewer into some unexpectedly dark places. For those familiar with Shunji Iwai’s previous works this comes as no surprise, as he has a well established career in the world of drama, but as this is a website dedicated to horror, I feel that it’s something worth noting. Let me start by stating that this is not a horror film. The problematic lives of teenager students for whom the singer Lily Chou-Chou’s dreamy music is the only way to escape an alienating, violent and insensitive society.
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