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OUT ON DVD: 21st Mar 2012
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Critically acclaimed French drama about a 10-year-old girl who assumes a male identity to fit in when her family move to a small village. The film has won numerous awards at Gay and Lesbian film festivals around the world.

"Confirming the talent shown in her debut Water Lilies, Céline Sciamma explores children’s notions of gender and identity. 10-year-old Laure and her family have just moved to a new neighbourhood. Her mother is heavily pregnant with a third child, a baby brother for Laure and little sister Jeanne. Androgynous Laure hovers between childhood and something else, still romping around at home with giggly Jeanne in her thrall, but also keen to strike out on her own and enjoy what’s left of the summer holidays. When Lisa, a next-door neighbour Laure’s age, asks Laure her name, she forthrightly responds ‘Michaël’. Soon Michaël, barechested and bold, is playing soccer with the local boys. However, trying out boys’ stuff requires deception that Laure will have difficulty maintaining." (Source: NZ International Film Festival 2011)

Starring: Zoé Héran, Jeanne Disson, Malonn Lévana, Sophie Cattani, Mathieu Demy, Yohan Vero, Noah Vero, Cheyenne Lainé, Rayan Boubekri, Christel Baras, Valérie Roucher.

Directed by Céline Sciamma ('Water Lilies').

Written by Céline Sciamma.

Festivals & Awards Best Film with LGBT Themes at Berlin Film Festival, 2011. Golden Duke winner at the 2011 Odessa International Film Festival. Audience Award winner at San Fransisco Frameline Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. Best Feature Film at Philadelphia QFest Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2011.

World Cinema, Drama | 1hr 24mins | M | Country of Origin: France | Official Site »

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    • Amsterdam

      Can't wait to see this! Fantastic! Not a remake and no vampire or zombie in sight. Win.

    • Deb

      Looks fabulous!

    • Laura

      Wow thats intence

    • Random

      thats intence sounds sad....

    • chanelle

      i would LOVE to watch this movie only if it came to Whangarei :*

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Empire (UK)

A tender, sensitive French drama rich in hazy atmosphere.

Entertainment Weekly (USA)

A beautiful, matter-of-fact French drama.

Hollywood Reporter

Coming-of-age tale tackles gender confusion with humor and heart.

Los Angeles Times

Stands out as an especially affecting delicacy about the thrills and pitfalls of exploring who one is.

New York Post

Goes places an American filmmaker probably wouldn’t in her exploration of kids’ secret worlds.

New York Times

The story that emerges is programmatic and largely unsurprising, but these children give it messiness, joy and life.

The Guardian (UK)

The sense of a long, hot, unending summer is well caught, the children are excellent and Zoé Heran is wonderfully natural and touching.

Total Film (UK)

A sensitive study of pre-teen sexuality and confused gender roles, from a director who knows how to draw flawless turns from young ‘uns.

Village Voice (USA)

Tomboy astutely explores the freedom, however brief, of being untethered to the highly rule-bound world of gender codes.

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