Mädchenbande

Writer-director Céline Sciamma expertly places her characters in that nebulous region between child and adult.

A masterpiece scene comes halfway through, so powerful in its representation of shared joy and freedom that it sets off echoes around it that continue throughout the rest of the film.

...a gripping, non-judgmental look at a young girl finding herself in the toughest circumstances.

Their aggressively sexualised unavailability is what gives Lady’s gang their emotional voltage and their self-esteem, but it is not a pose that can be maintained for long.

”Girlhood” är bland det bästa du kan se på bio just nu, oavsett ålder.

Den unge, utrænede (!) skuespillerinde er så sympatisk, naturlig og nærværende, at man får lyst til at high-five hende, da hun tæsker og efterfølgende ydmyger en anden pige...