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Girls Can't Swim (2000)

Girls Can't Swim poster
Original title
Les filles ne savent pas nager
Directed by
Anne-Sophie Birot
Genre
LGBTQ-related film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
U
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl spends a summer with her childhood friend by the sea. Their relationship shifts as they explore new feelings and growing independence.

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What happens

Girls Can't Swim (French: Les Filles ne savent pas nager) is a 2000 French coming of age drama film. The film had its world premiere at the 2000 Montreal World Film Festival and was released in France on 18 October of that year. It was given a limited theatrical release in the United States on 19 April 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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