The Virgin Suicides (1999)
- Directed by
- Sofia Coppola
- Genre
- drama film, teen film, coming-of-age film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 3,630 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In a wealthy Detroit suburb during the 1970s, five teenaged sisters become the object of fascination and obsession for the local boys. The boys watch from a distance as the girls slide into isolation and tragedy.
melancholicdreamlikeslow-burnunsettlingvisually lushhauntingsubduedintrospective
What happens
The Virgin Suicides is a 1999 American psychological drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola in her feature directorial debut, and co-produced by her father, Francis Ford Coppola. Based on the 1993 debut novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, it stars James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst, A.J. Cook, and Josh Hartnett, with Scott Glenn, Michael Paré, Jonathan Tucker, and Danny DeVito in supporting roles. The film follows the lives of five adolescent sisters in an upper-middle-class suburb of Detroit in 1975. Shot in 1998 in Toronto, it features an original score by the French electronic band Air. The film marked the first collaboration between Coppola and Dunst, whom Coppola later cast as the lead in several of her subsequent films. The Virgin Suicides premiered at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 1999 and received a limited theatrical release by Paramount Classics in the United States on April 21, 2000, later expanding to a wide release on May 19, 2000. The film earned largely positive reviews from critics, with the performances of the cast, Coppola's direction, visual style, and soundtrack receiving praise. It was also acclaimed for its lyrical representation of adolescent angst, and is recognized as a cult classic. In 2015, the film ranked number 39 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the "50 Best High School Movies". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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