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  • Wolfe Releasing
  • 1 h 46 m
  • Not Rated
  • Wolfe Releasing
  • 1 h 46 m

Summary Three young girls' friendship is tested after they plant a very special flower; the Nectar from the flower changes their lives- and friendship - forever, as they get a taste of what it's like growing up as a boy. It's a story of how we've created gender, and how to know who you are when society is telling you who you should be, but also ...

Directed By: Alexandra-Therese Keining

Written By: Jessica Schiefauer, Alexandra-Therese Keining

  • Not Rated
  • Wolfe Releasing
  • 1 h 46 m
  • Not Rated
  • Wolfe Releasing
  • 1 h 46 m

Girls Lost

Metascore Generally Favorable
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Summary Three young girls' friendship is tested after they plant a very special flower; the Nectar from the flower changes their lives- and friendship - forever, as they get a taste of what it's like growing up as a boy. It's a story of how we've created gender, and how to know who you are when society is telling you who you should be, but also ...

Directed By: Alexandra-Therese Keining

Written By: Jessica Schiefauer, Alexandra-Therese Keining

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83
Nov 8, 2016
Writer/director Alexandra-Therese Keining‘s adaptation of Jessica Schiefuer‘s 2011 August Prize-winning (Sweden) young adult novel Pojkarna (translated as The Boys but changed to Girls Lost for international release) is deliciously dark and profoundly vital.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 8, 2016
Director Alexandra-Therese Keining clearly loves the book and tries to squeeze a little too much of it into her overcrowded film. But it is visually lovely – the transformation scenes are magical – and the young cast are terrific.
By Tom Huddleston FULL REVIEW
60
Nov 8, 2016
Interesting, but others have explored similar themes far more effectively.
By Josh Winning FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 8, 2016
Girls Lost fills the magical realism, gender dysphoria, Swedish indie teen drama-shaped hole in your life. It's just a damn shame it all falls apart in the final act.
By David James FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Göta Film, Periferia Productions Ky, Film i Väst, Sveriges Television (SVT)
Duration 1 h 46 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.gotafilm.se/
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Awards

Guldbagge Awards
• 3 Nominations
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
TheWIFTS Foundation International Visionary Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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