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The Girls (1968)

The Girls poster
Original title
Flickorna
Directed by
Mai Zetterling
Genre
drama film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
12
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 32 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A theatre group stages the ancient Greek comedy Lysistrata. The actresses start to question their own lives and relationships as they perform.

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What happens

The Girls (Swedish: Flickorna) is a 1968 Swedish-language drama film directed by Mai Zetterling, starring Bibi Andersson, Harriet Andersson and Gunnel Lindblom. It is a feminist reinvention of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, and revolves around a theatre group which sets up the play. In 2012, the film was voted one of the 25 best Swedish films of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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