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Original title: Mignonnes
Year: 2020
Running time: 96 min.
Country: France
Director: Maïmouna Doucouré
Screenwriter: Maïmouna Doucouré
Music: Nicolas Nocchi
Cinematography: Yann Maritaud
Cast: Maïmouna Gueye, Fathia Youssouf Abdillahi, Demba Diaw, Medina El Aidi, Esther Gohourou, Ilanah Cami-Goursolas, Myriam Hamma
Producer: Bien ou Bien Productions
Genre: Drama
Synopsis / Plot: Amy, eleven years old, meets Angelica and her group of dancers “the cuties” at school. Intrigued, she joins their troupe and learns to dance. There she rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning femininity, a discovery contrary to her mother’s values.

Awards: 2020: Sundance Film Festival: World Cinema Directing Award (Dramatic)

Critics' reviews

"Doucouré's captivating but structurally shaky first feature is stronger on set-up than development or payoff"

David Rooney: The Hollywood Reporter
"There’s a few too many fake-outs to invest in the film’s stakes (...) Youssouf has an anchoring presence"

Amy Nicholson: Variety
"Youssouf gives a high-voltage performance (...) There’s great merit in Maïmouna’s command of a tonally treacherous story and a principal cast of mostly first-timers"

Carlos Aguilar: The Wrap
"[It] goes for the supernatural when real life is enough (...) Although Doucouré steeps 'Cuties' in emotion and experience, she abandons its grace to make crazier gestures."

Kate Erbland: IndieWire
"A heartbreaking coming-of-age film, both modern and timeless (...) Gueye is wonderful (...) and Youssouf is nothing short of phenomenal"

Anna Menta: Decider
"A film to respect for its audacity, admire for its lead female performance perhaps, but also view as a dramatically contrived."

Fionnuala Halligan: Screendaily

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