IMDb plot summary: A family moves into a new neighborhood, and a 10-year-old named Laure deliberately presents as a boy named Mikhael to the neighborhood children.
Directed by Céline Sciamma. Starring Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson, and Sophie Cattani.
This is such a lovely simple little movie. I love that it doesn't jump all over the place trying to dig into the psyche of or diagnose this child or provide All These Reasons why she did what she did... it just tells the story of the time she told people she was a boy and how that went. Gender expression can be complicated. I really loved the scenes with the little sister who not only accepted but loved Laure/Mickael, whether as her sister or her brother. Really beautifully done.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Tomboy > A Foreign Affair
Tomboy > Gremlins
Tomboy < Broadway Danny Rose
Tomboy > The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
Tomboy > A Streetcar Named Desire
Tomboy < Black Panther
Tomboy > Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Tomboy > I've Loved You so Long
Tomboy > Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Tomboy < High School Musical
Tomboy < Now, Voyager
Tomboy < In the Loop
Final spot: #448 out of 3149.
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