Girls Can't Swim

Name: Girls Can't Swim
Genre: Drama
Released: TODO_MISSING
Rating: 71

2000, Drama, 1h 42m

34 Reviews 500+ Ratings

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The well-acted Girls Can't Swim is a sensitive depiction of two girls' coming-of-age. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

This wonderful debut feature captures the elusive relationship between two teenaged girls. Gwen and Lise live in opposite parts of France but have spent summer vacation together on the Brittany coast for years. The 15th summer of Lise and Gwen will be one of many contrasts, between love and desire, laughter and tears, life and death. An intimate, unflinching look at the intricacies of two girls' lives.

Genre:

Drama
Original Language:

French (Canada)
Director:

Anne-Sophie Birot
Producer:

Philippe Jacquier
Writer:

Anne-Sophie Birot, Christophe Honoré
Release Date (Theaters):

Apr 5, 2002 original
Release Date (Streaming):

Sep 24, 2002
Box Office (Gross USA):

$68.5K
Runtime:

1h 42m
Distributor:

Winstar Cinema
Sound Mix:

Dolby Stereo

Cast & Crew

Isild Le Besco
Gwen

Karen Alyx
Lise

Pascale Bussières
Céline

Pascal Elso
Alain

Marie Rivière
Anne-Marie

Yelda Reynaud
Solange

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Full Review… Jamie Russell BBC.com

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Audience Reviews for Girls Can't Swim

Nov 10, 2008

Two best friends that have been separated look forward to spending the summer together. All's not as well as it first appears though. Gwen is a confused girl who uses her sexuality to embrace some sort of acceptance missing from her mother and father. Lise is emotionally repressed, even being told not to cry after her father's death. It's a film that captures those awkward moments of youth, friends one minute and then arguing the next, but never really explores them. The film keeps the audience interested with the different twists and turns but mostly it is how each character deals with situations that become the most exciting part. Gwen's father is the most conflicted of all characters as he drunkenly tries to do what is right for his family and get in his estranged wifes good books once again. At the same time he is also trying to be a strict father to a promiscuous daughter and a father figure to a girl who has lost her own. Not everybody, but certainly for those who like slightly dark and awkward cinema.

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