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GIRL
DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, POLAND
Release date : Mar 22, 2019
 
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Completed - FRENCH, FLEMISH, ENGLISH - Drama - 105 minutes

Log Line

Fifteen-year-old Lara is determined to fulfill her dream of getting into a prestigious ballet school and having a career as a ballerina. As a sensitive girl, she also dreams of finally getting out of the boy's body that she's been imprisoned in since birth.

Year of production : 2018

Director(s) : Lukas DHONT
Cast : Victor POLSTER, Arieh WORTHALTER, Oliver BODART, Tijmen GOVAERTS, Katelijne DAMEN, Valentijn DHAENENS

Producer(s) : Dirk IMPENS

Synopsis

First-time director Lukas Dhont, one of the discoveries at last year's Cannes Festival, made a film that is mature and extraordinarily subtle about how oppressive one's own body can be and how exhausting it can be to fight its limitations-all the more so when that body is young and impatient, restless and seeking its own identity, and everything has to happen here and now. Girl also owes its success to charismatic dancer Victor Polster, who, with his great performance, transcends culturally imposed gender stereotypes, revealing the painful imperfection of biological definitions and how they are perceived in society.

Production

Country(ies) : BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS

BELGIUM Feb 19, 2019 UNIVERSCINE BEL
BELGIUM Oct 17, 2018 LUMIÈRE (GHENT)
BULGARIA SOFIA INTERNATI
CZECH REPU ARTCAM FILMS
DENMARK Apr 04, 2019 FILMBAZAR
ESTONIA Oct 12, 2018 A-ONE FILMS EST
FRANCE DIAPHANA DISTRI
GREECE SEVEN FILMS
HONG KONG EDKO FILMS LTD
HUNGARY Nov 15, 2018 VERTIGO MEDIA L
ICELAND Apr 05, 2019 HEIMILI KVIKMYN
ISRAEL Mar 14, 2019 EPHRAIM GILAD &
ISRAEL Mar 14, 2019 NACHSHON FILMS
ITALY TEODORA FILM
LITHUANIA A-ONE FILMS BAL
NETHERLAND LUMIÈRE (AMSTER
NORWAY Nov 02, 2018 EVIL DOGHOUSE S
POLAND Mar 22, 2019 NEW HORIZONS IN
ROMANIA VOODOO FILMS SR
RUSSIA HHG FILM COMPAN
SINGAPORE ANTICIPATE PICT
SWITZERLAN DCM FILM DISTRI
TAIWAN MIRROR STAGE FI
TURKEY BIR FILM
UNITED KIN CURZON CM FUND
UNITED KIN CURZON CINEMAS
UNITED KIN CURZON ARTIFICI
USA ORANGE ENTERTAI

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Festivals and Awards

Cannes IFF 2018 (Un Certain Regard FIPRESCI Prize, Un Certain Regard Best Actor (Victor Polster), Golden Camera, Queer Palm)
European Film Awards 2018 (European Discovery)
San Sebastián IFF 2018 (Best Film, Audience Award)
Tofifest 2018 (Grand Prix)
London FF 2018 (Best First Feature Award)
Pingyao IFF 2018 (People's Choice Award)


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