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Girlhood

Bande de filles (Girlhood)

2014

Céline Sciamma

Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Binta Diop, Lindsay Karamoh ...

6.2

2,410

Drama 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 3 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.

	Author	Review
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"Throughout 'Girlhood' the malignant energy that results from having a scary home life never entirely dissipates. Yet the story allows for a full array of emotional peaks and valleys."	POS
United States	Richard Brody The New Yorker	"A sequel, please."	POS
United States	Inkoo Kang The Wrap	"Save for a few standout scenes of carefree elation and daring camaraderie, 'Girlhood' is largely a grim and stilted study of oppression."	NEU
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Even as she stops at familiar stations on the road to maturity (...) Ms. Sciamma revels in the risky, reckless exuberance of adolescence and in the sheer joy of filming it."	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Where many filmmakers would have underlined the bleaker, harsher aspects, 'Girlhood' presents the characters' grim reality without surrendering its lightness of touch, its compassion or its hope."	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"One of the Best Coming of Age Movies In Years."	POS

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