30 day film DiaryFilm 2: Girlhood (2014)okay so clearly this isnt a 30 films in one month challenge
30 day film DiaryFilm 2: Girlhood (2014)okay so clearly this isnt a 30 films in one month challenge anymore as its proven to be a little more difficult than i thought haha, it took me three days to watch this film as i’m still trying to get used to watching a full film in one setting.Girlhood is a french film about a young girl called Mariem who struggles with finding a place for herself in a society and community that holds her down and expects to much from her, at first i got the impression that the girl gang she joins was bad news and that it would change her life for the worse, but i was surprised at how close she got to the girls and she managed to grow and become more confident (although it was through not so good means that she was influenced to do)the film has a consistent style and cinematography that i wasn’t a big fan of personally, the camera was most of the time too steady almost?? which might have been done for a specific reason, although i did like the lighting used.some of the scenes felt too long (such as the scenes the girls dancing at the hotel to a full song? i just don’t understand why they had to shoot the whole song as if its a music video??)and the story confused me at times, the ending was open ended which was interesting. I also would have wanted to see more of the relationship between mariam and her mom and sisters.Overall I felt the film was interesting and shed a light on the lives of young people of colour in france and the rough lives they lead that isn’t represented as much, especially in a simple non stereotypical form which this film kinda achieves. -- source link
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