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The Girls

1968 · 100 min

A thoughtful, theatrical blend of reality and fantasy that follows women navigating marriage and identity with wit and melancholy.

Overview: As they tour Sweden in a theatrical production of "Lysistrata", performing to often uncomprehending audiences, three women find their own lives and marriages mirrored in Aristophanes’s play. Soon, onstage drama, offstage reality, and surrealist fantasies begin to collide.
How it feels: Satirical, melancholic, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Gender, identity, family, work
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: gender
identity
family
work
freedom
Places: road trip
small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild