GIRLHOOD

Review: Marieme meets three other girls and joins their gang. Although, she soon finds that this new life is not making her any happier and begins to make brave and foolish choices.
Director: Celine Sciamma
Actors: Karidja Toure, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh, Rabah Nait Oufella and Damien Chapelle
Year: 2014
Genre: Coming-of-Age, Teen Drama and Drama
Conclusion: 4/5
The original French title is Bande de Filles. Watching this I felt that most of what is spoken is physical rather than verbal. I believed in all the characters and what they were all going through. The whole film to me seemed so true to life. I have to say that before watching this I did not realize that Rihanna’s Diamonds is used in one scene. Apparently, the most daunting task for the film was to obtain the rights to the song. This has themes in of age, gender, race and class. I loved this film and I thought it was very thought provoking. I thought about it for days after.