The movie
Girls Will Be Girls
Upper-middle-class 16-year-old Mira – the first female prefect at her school – finds her mother insinuating herself more and more into Mira's coming-of-age romance...
Length: 118 min
Country: Frankrijk, India, Noorwegen, Verenigde Staten
Language spoken: Engels, Hindi
Language subtitles: Nederlands
Cast: Preeti Panigrahi, Kani Kusruti, Kesav Binoy Kiron
Director: Shuchi Talati
Release date: 22/10/2024
Description
BENELUX PREMIERE
We’ve all read about the exploding middle- and upper-middle classes in today’s India, but think for a moment – have you ever seen a film set in that milieu? Shuchi Talati’s meticulous, sensitive, and very impressive debut rectifies that by focusing on 16-year-old Mira (Preeti Panigrahi), the first female to be chosen as prefect of her boarding school. She may be an ultra-diligent student, but she is also a young woman not averse to flirting – and more – with handsome fellow student Sri (Kesav Binoy Kiron). Her mother, Anila (Kani Kusuti) seems to understand, providing a space for the youngsters to get to know each other – until Anila sees the couple’s bonding as something she never had and insinuates herself more and more into the couple’s burgeoning relationship…
‘A thrilling, intimate, engrossing debut… The way [the film] presents female teen sexuality — sensitively, sensuously, mischievously — is practically revolutionary in the broader context of Indian cinema… Talati has all the makings of a future auteur.’ – Siddhant Adlakha, Variety. Winner Audience Award, World Cinema Dramatic competition, Sundance Film Festival.
We’ve all read about the exploding middle- and upper-middle classes in today’s India, but think for a moment – have you ever seen a film set in that milieu? Shuchi Talati’s meticulous, sensitive, and very impressive debut rectifies that by focusing on 16-year-old Mira (Preeti Panigrahi), the first female to be chosen as prefect of her boarding school. She may be an ultra-diligent student, but she is also a young woman not averse to flirting – and more – with handsome fellow student Sri (Kesav Binoy Kiron). Her mother, Anila (Kani Kusuti) seems to understand, providing a space for the youngsters to get to know each other – until Anila sees the couple’s bonding as something she never had and insinuates herself more and more into the couple’s burgeoning relationship…
‘A thrilling, intimate, engrossing debut… The way [the film] presents female teen sexuality — sensitively, sensuously, mischievously — is practically revolutionary in the broader context of Indian cinema… Talati has all the makings of a future auteur.’ – Siddhant Adlakha, Variety. Winner Audience Award, World Cinema Dramatic competition, Sundance Film Festival.
