Girlhood

Movie review by S. Jhoanna Robledo, Common Sense Media
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Common Sense says

age 16+

French film offers bleak, affecting look at troubled teen.

NR 2015 112 minutes

Parents say

age 13+

Based on 1 review

Kids say

age 17+

Based on 2 reviews

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age 13+

A film that captures girl teen hood without hesitation and with dignity

A film that wraps itself around your memories of youth and desire to be free and doesn't let go. It hangs on to every girlhood desire and reminds us how we wanted to be our full selves with joy and company and how that seems to be fleeting and many times impossible under the current societal strains. I mourned for my 13 year old that knew what her spirit wanted and that society did not make any room for. A beautiful film that ends facing the future...sola.

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