Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighbourhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of 3 free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in the gang, hoping that this will be a way to freedom.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 52 min.
- Country, year
- France, 2014
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- French
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Céline Sciamma
- Screenplay
- Céline Sciamma
- Cinematography
- Crystel Fournier
- Music
- Para One
- Cast
- Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh, Marietou Touré
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- Directors‘ Fortnight, Opening Film
- unknown - 1
- unknown - 1
Director
Céline Sciamma
Céline Sciamma was born in 1978 and grew up in the Paris suburbs. After a Master’s degree in French literature, she followed screenwriting courses at the French film school La Fémis. She shares her work between collaborations with directors and writing feature and television projects. Water Lilies, her first feature film was selected in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard (2007) and in more than 30 festivals worldwide. Awardwinning film Tomboy (2011) opened Panorama programme in Berlin Film Festival and was screened in Scanorama.
