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GIRL

By Lukas DHONT

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Drama - Completed 2018

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.

Festivals
& Awards

Cannes IFF 2018
Un Certain Regard FIPRESCI Prize, Un Certain Regard Best Actor (Victor Polster), Golden Camera, Queer Palm
San Sebastián IFF 2018
Best Film, Audience Award
European Film Awards 2018
European Discovery
Tofifest 2018
Grand Prix
London FF 2018
Best First Feature Award
Pingyao IFF 2018
People's Choice Award
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    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS
    • Languages
    • FRENCH, FLEMISH, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 105 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Lukas DHONT
    • 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.
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