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  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 53 m

Summary Fed up with her abusive family situation, lack of 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 style, drops out of school and starts stealing to be accepted into the gang. When her home situation becomes unbearable, Mariem...

Directed By: Céline Sciamma

Written By: Céline Sciamma

  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 53 m

Girlhood

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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85
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 48 User Ratings
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Summary Fed up with her abusive family situation, lack of 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 style, drops out of school and starts stealing to be accepted into the gang. When her home situation becomes unbearable, Mariem...

Directed By: Céline Sciamma

Written By: Céline Sciamma

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100
May 7, 2015
The movie captures that heady adolescent sense of time stopping and the moment mattering while standing far enough back to let us acknowledge all the pitfalls Marieme is moving too fast to see.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
100
May 26, 2014
As in “Water Lilies” and “Tomboy” before this, Sciamma pushes past superficial anthropological study to deliver a vital, nonjudgmental character study.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW

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7.0
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Generally Favorable Based on 48 User Ratings
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13% Mixed
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19% Negative
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91
May 26, 2014
The tense, involving result confirms Sciamma's mastery over the coming-of-age drama, a genre too often reduced to its simplest ingredients.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
83
Jan 28, 2015
"Boyhood" has the natural endpoint of its lead growing into a young adult, while Girlhood stretches out in front of Marieme, an uncertain path into a haze.
By Jesse Hassenger FULL REVIEW
80
May 5, 2015
Overall this is a gripping, non-judgmental look at a young girl finding herself in the toughest circumstances.
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70
Jan 27, 2015
Both Water Lilies and Tomboy explored similar material—fluctuating sexual/gender identity and adolescent heartbreak—but Sciamma’s touch is lighter and more nuanced in Girlhood, which refuses to pin any of its characters down, even in their vacillations.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW
63
Jan 25, 2015
Girlhood is so keyed to the minutiae of its teenage protagonists' lives, it's as if the film can't stop itself from behaving like they do.
By James Lattimer FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Hold Up Films, Lilies Films, Arte France Cinéma, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Fonds Images de la Diversité, Agence Nationale pour la Cohésion Sociale et l'Egalité des Chances (ACSE), La Région Île-de-France, Canal+, ARTE, Ciné+, Pyramide Distribution, Playtime, Arte / Cofinova 9
Release Date Jan 30, 2015
Duration 1 h 53 m
Rating Unrated
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Tagline You don't have the full story. Until you know hers.
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Awards

Chlotrudis Awards
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
César Awards, France
• 4 Nominations
Black Reel Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

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