Girlhood
2014 · TMDB 6.5 · Bande de filles
Directed by Céline Sciamma
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.
Why it matters
Céline Sciamma's film follows Marieme, a Parisian teenager who joins a girl gang and begins to forge her own identity. The film's vibrant yet unvarnished portrayal of friendship and defiance challenges stereotypical depictions of banlieue youth.
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Released
- 2014-10-22
- Studio
- Hold Up Films
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- TMDB score
- 6.5
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Growing Up Is No Picnic
Position 5 of 8
Céline Sciamma's film follows Marieme, a Parisian teenager who joins a girl gang and begins to forge her own identity. The film's vibrant yet unvarnished portrayal of friendship and defiance challenges stereotypical depictions of banlieue youth.
Dancing Against the Current: Eight Films of Rebellion in Motion
Position 4 of 8
Marieme, a teenager on the fringes of Paris, joins a girl gang and discovers a fierce, joyful identity in their dance routines. Céline Sciamma's film is a portrait of sisterhood and survival, punctuated by a transcendent cover of Rihanna's 'Diamonds'.
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