Céline Sciamma is a rockstar, childhood is trauma, and gender is a fucking prison!
Ten-year-old Laure isn't like most girls. She prefers football to dolls and sweaters to dresses. When Laure and her family move to a new neighbourhood, local girl Lisa mistakes Laure for a boy. Indulging in this exciting new identity, Laure becomes Mickaël, and so begins a summer of long sunny afternoons, playground games and first kisses. Yet with the school term fast approaching, and with suspicions arising amongst friends and family, Laure must face up to an uncertain future.
Tomboy is showing in 1 cinema in Los Angeles - next screening Monday 23 November at 13:00 at The Frida Cinema.
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Céline Sciamma is a rockstar, childhood is trauma, and gender is a fucking prison!
How does she do it???Céline Sciamma has this really weird/specific thing about all her movies that makes anything feel like it’s on fire. Like there’s this one specific shot in here where Mikäel is running down a path but the only thing in focus is a leaf and everything (besides Mikäel) is completely static and somehow it felt so LOUD. Lots of moments like that where I try and picture anyone recreating the shot but not capturing that same energy. This AND Portrait had little to no music and feel like they’re screeeaming at me. I think that’s beautiful and again, literally don’t know how she does it. This was less of a review for this specific film and more of a note on her style but I’m gonna ride with it anyways.
y’all have no idea how badly i wanted to scream at his mom and shake her by the shoulders holy shit
A ten-year-old child named Laure moves to a new neighborhood and begins presenting as a boy named Mickaël, navigating a summer of hidden identity and childhood games.
Tomboy was directed by French filmmaker Céline Sciamma in 2011.
Tomboy won the Teddy Jury Award at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2011.
