The Girls (1968)

- 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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