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Girlhood

You don't have the full story. Until you know hers.
You don't have the full story. Until you know hers.
Drama - 2014
Girlhood
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Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in the gang, hoping that this will be a way to freedom.
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Runtime:
112 min
Release date:
22 Oct 2014
Country:
FR
Languages:
French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$60,765
Awards:
12 wins & 22 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
From the opening montage of Marieme and other girls playing American football in full uniform, "Girlhood" resonates as something special.
– Kristin Tillotson,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
9 Apr 2015
fresh:
"Girlhood" is about as grim as movies get, but it's showing something real, and Sciamma has a feel for this period of life, the camaraderie, the jokes, the kinds of conflicts, the panic and the hope.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
2 Apr 2015
fresh:
Director Sciamma uses an uncommonly light touch in depicting Marieme's gradual transformation from an unformed blank slate into a self-assured girl who doesn't always make the right decisions in the process of figuring herself out.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
19 Mar 2015
fresh:
Sciamma (Water Lilies, Tomboy) gets unaffected performances from her non-professional cast.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
27 Feb 2015
fresh:
"Girlhood" is a mesmerizing exercise in the enlightenment that can happen when a filmmaker shifts the male cinematic gaze ever so slightly and uncovers what looks like a whole new world.
– Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
26 Feb 2015
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