Girlhood

Girlhood

2014 · 1 hr 53 min · Unrated

Drama

Directors

Céline Sciamma

Actors

  • Karidja Touré
  • Assa Sylla
  • Lindsay Karamoh

Credits: 7

Summary

A girl with few real prospects joins a gang, reinventing herself and gaining a sense of self confidence in the process. However, she soon finds that this new life does not necessarily make her any happier.

More about this movie

Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of 3 free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in the gang, hoping that this will be a way to freedom.