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Girls Will Be Girls

2024 · 119 min

A tender, slow-burning coming-of-age story that feels intimate and quietly tense, with a warm emotional core.

Directed by
Shuchi Talati
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Preeti Panigrahi, Kani Kusruti, Kesav Binoy Kiron
Overview
In a strict boarding school nestled in the Himalayas, 16-year-old Mira discovers desire and romance. But her sexual, rebellious awakening is disrupted by her mother who never got to come of age herself.

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Directed by
Shuchi Talati
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Preeti Panigrahi, Kani Kusruti, Kesav Binoy Kiron
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • identity
  • love
  • parenthood
Places
  • school
  • home
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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