2014 · drama
Girlhood (2014)
Directed by Céline Sciamma1h 52m2014
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.
Our read: Girlhood (2014) (2014) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, steady, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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