Tomboy (2011)
Country: FR
Technical: col 82m
Director: Céline Sciamma
Cast: Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Sophie Cattani, Jeanne Disson
Synopsis:
Having just moved to a new neighbourhood with her family, tomboyish eleven year-old Laure is taken for a boy by her new playmates, and she plays along, inventing a new name for herself, oblivious of the fact they will all start senior school together in September.
Review:
Situated at that tender period of adolescence where children begin to define their identity, Sciamma's film anticipated a burgeoning phenomenon in developed countries of children actually demanding, and being granted, official approval for what Laure does here. The director leaves open the question of whether everything is put 'back in its place' - that furtive kiss might well foreshadow a sexual proclivity in either or both of the female characters; she is more interested in depicting all the concomitant pain and awkwardness from a child's perspective, and her lead's very boyish lack of expressiveness makes for a somewhat unvaried dramatic tableau. Add to that slow cinema's characteristic lack of incident, and this might be best recommended for audiences of child psychologists.
Country: FR
Technical: col 82m
Director: Céline Sciamma
Cast: Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Sophie Cattani, Jeanne Disson
Synopsis:
Having just moved to a new neighbourhood with her family, tomboyish eleven year-old Laure is taken for a boy by her new playmates, and she plays along, inventing a new name for herself, oblivious of the fact they will all start senior school together in September.
Review:
Situated at that tender period of adolescence where children begin to define their identity, Sciamma's film anticipated a burgeoning phenomenon in developed countries of children actually demanding, and being granted, official approval for what Laure does here. The director leaves open the question of whether everything is put 'back in its place' - that furtive kiss might well foreshadow a sexual proclivity in either or both of the female characters; she is more interested in depicting all the concomitant pain and awkwardness from a child's perspective, and her lead's very boyish lack of expressiveness makes for a somewhat unvaried dramatic tableau. Add to that slow cinema's characteristic lack of incident, and this might be best recommended for audiences of child psychologists.
Country: FR
Technical: col 82m
Director: Céline Sciamma
Cast: Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Sophie Cattani, Jeanne Disson
Synopsis:
Having just moved to a new neighbourhood with her family, tomboyish eleven year-old Laure is taken for a boy by her new playmates, and she plays along, inventing a new name for herself, oblivious of the fact they will all start senior school together in September.
Review:
Situated at that tender period of adolescence where children begin to define their identity, Sciamma's film anticipated a burgeoning phenomenon in developed countries of children actually demanding, and being granted, official approval for what Laure does here. The director leaves open the question of whether everything is put 'back in its place' - that furtive kiss might well foreshadow a sexual proclivity in either or both of the female characters; she is more interested in depicting all the concomitant pain and awkwardness from a child's perspective, and her lead's very boyish lack of expressiveness makes for a somewhat unvaried dramatic tableau. Add to that slow cinema's characteristic lack of incident, and this might be best recommended for audiences of child psychologists.