Girl (2025)

Original title

女孩

Directed by

Shu Qi

Genre

drama film, coming-of-age film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

2h 05m

Rated

IIB

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In late 1980s Taiwan, an introverted girl struggles to move beyond a painful past. The film follows her quiet attempts to find a way forward.

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What happens

Girl (Chinese: 女孩, romanized: Nǚhái) is a 2025 coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Shu Qi (in her feature directorial debut), and partly based on her own childhood. Set in the late 1980s, it follows an introverted girl trying to escape her painful past. The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2025, where it was nominated for the Golden Lion. It was theatrically released in Taiwan on 31 October. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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