Girls Will Be Girls (2024)
Director: Shuchi Talati Run Time: 119 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2024
Starring: Kajol Chugh, Kani Kusruti, Kesav Binoy Kiron, Nandini Verma, Preeti Panigrahi
Country: India, France, United States, Norway
Language: English, Hindi
About the film:
Special Jury Prize Winner, 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
In a strict boarding school nestled in the Himalayas, 16-year-old Mira discovers desire and romance. But her sexual, rebellious awakening is disrupted by her mother who never got to come of age herself.
“A profoundly moving document of generational girlhood.”
—Peyton Robinson, RoberEbert
About the filmmaker:
Shuchi Talati is a filmmaker from India whose work challenges dominant narratives around gender, sexuality, and South Asian identity. Her short film, Period Piece (2020), about an afternoon of period sex, was selected for SXSW. Mae and Ash (2012) won numerous awards before becoming a Vimeo Staff Pick. Talati is an alum of Berlinale Talents and her work has also been recognized by the New York State Council for the Arts and Région Île-de-France. Her debut feature film, Girls Will Be Girls (2024), premiered in competition at Sundance Film Festival, where it won an Audience Award and a Special Jury Award.
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