Tomboy
There's a new kid in town.
There's a new kid in town.
Drama
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2011
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Ten-year-old Laure isn't like most girls. She prefers football to dolls and sweaters to dresses. When Laure and her family move to a new neighbourhood, local girl Lisa mistakes Laure for a boy. Indulging in this exciting new identity, Laure becomes Mickaël, and so begins a summer of long sunny afternoons, playground games and first kisses. Yet with the school term fast approaching, and with suspicions arising amongst friends and family, Laure must face up to an uncertain future.
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Runtime:
82 min
Release date:
20 Apr 2011
Country:
FR
Languages:
French
Budget:
$1,000,000
Revenue:
$1,424,716
Awards:
10 wins & 6 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Tomboy is a lovely reminder that the French have long been famous for a quite different sort of film-about children.
– Stanley Kauffmann,
The New Republic,
19 Jun 2013
fresh:
Brisk, precisely observed, and bracingly non-preachy in its examination of a very tricky subject.
– Jon Frosch,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar 2012
fresh:
Writer and director Celine Sciamma adorns the thorny dilemma with resonant allusions to gender roles...
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
27 Jan 2012
fresh:
Modestly conceived and executed.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
26 Jan 2012
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"Tomboy" is tender and affectionate.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
26 Jan 2012