2021 · drama · family · coming-of-age
Skater Girl
Directed by Manjari Makijany1h 47m2021
Prerna, a teenager growing up in rural India, comes of age when she’s introduced to the sport of skateboarding. As a result, she has to fight the odds to follow her dreams and compete in the national championship.
Our read: Skater Girl (2021) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded drama · family · coming-of-age entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle drama / family, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- warm
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
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