Lost and Delirious, Rebelles in French, is a 2001 Canadian drama film directed by Léa Pool, and based on the novel The Wives of Bath by Susan Swan.

Lost and Delirious is told from the perspective of Mary (Mischa Barton), who observes the changing love between her two teenage friends, Pauline (Piper Perabo) and Victoria (Jessica Paré).

One of them, called Jake, flirts with Tori, asking if she will be attending her brother's 18th birthday party and making it clear that he likes her.

As she walks away from this conversation, Tori collapses into tears, disgusted at herself due to her cowardice and unwillingness to confess being a lesbian and in love with Paulie.

In the library, Tori explains to Mary that her family, her parents and her sister, are strongly homophobic, and she must stop the lesbian sexual relationship to prevent their rejection.

Paulie degenerates into abusive behavior, like destroying a mirror and thrashing a dish cart to the floor.

She is sent further over the edge after receiving a letter from the agency that handled her adoption saying that her birth mother refused a request from Paulie to get in touch.

The site's consensus is that "Lost and Delirious becomes exactly that, as the film sinks into overwrought melodrama and clichéd, obvious symbolism.

[6][7] Entertainment Weekly's Owen Gleiberman called her "an actress of glittering ferocity" and her performance "a geyser of emotion".

Ebert praised Pool as she "creates a lush, thoughtfully framed, and composed film; her classical visual style lends gravitas to this romantic story.

"[10] The film was based on the novel The Wives of Bath by Susan Swan and was adapted by Toronto screenwriter Judith Thompson.