Girls Will Be Girls (2024)

Original title

गर्ल्स विल बी गर्ल्स

Directed by

Shuchi Talati

Genre

drama film, coming-of-age film

Country

India, France

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

14

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl at a Himalayan boarding school falls for a new student. Her sexual awakening creates tension with her protective mother.

tenderintrospectivequietly intenseatmosphericemotionally layeredslow-burnpoignantcoming-of-age

What happens

Girls Will Be Girls is a 2024 coming-of-age drama film, written and directed by Shuchi Talati. It stars Preeti Panigrahi, Kani Kusruti, and Kesav Binoy Kiron. An Indian and French co-production, the film is Talati's feature directorial debut, as well as the acting debut of both Panigrahi and Kiron. The film is set in a boarding school in the Himalayan foothills, and centers around teenager Mira's romance with a charming new student, her subsequent sexual awakening, and at times strained relationship with her protective mother. The film premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it participated in the competition section. It was released on 18 December 2024, on Amazon Prime Video. Among the film's accolades, it won the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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