The Fits (2015)

Directed by

Anna Rose Holmer

Genre

dance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 12m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 123 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An 11-year-old tomboy named Toni joins a girls' dance troupe. The group experiences a mysterious outbreak of violent fits. The story follows Toni as she tries to belong while a strange phenomenon spreads.

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What happens

The Fits is a 2015 American drama film directed by Anna Rose Holmer in her feature debut. The film tells the story of Toni (Royalty Hightower), an 11-year-old tomboy who struggles to fit into a girls’ dance troupe as its members begin to suffer from an inexplicable epidemic of violent fits. The film premiered at the 2015 Venice Film Festival and was selected to take part in the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Oscilloscope Laboratories obtained U.S. distribution rights to the film before its Sundance debut. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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