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Bande de filles (2014)

Unrated  |   |  Drama  |  22 October 2014 (France)
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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.

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Assa Sylla ...
Lady
Lindsay Karamoh ...
Adiatou
Mariétou Touré ...
Fily (as Marietou Toure)
Idrissa Diabaté ...
Ismaël
Simina Soumaré ...
Bébé
Dielika Coulibaly ...
Monica
Cyril Mendy ...
Djibril
Djibril Gueye ...
Abou
Binta Diop ...
Asma
Chance N'Guessan ...
Mini
Rabah Nait Oufella ...
Kader
Damien Chapelle ...
Cédric
Nina Melo ...
Caidy
Elyes Sabyani ...
Abdel
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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. Written by Directors' Fortnight

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Actresses were scouted on the streets for the film. See more »

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At the very beginning of the movie, the running girl of the red team wearing number 6 is someone else than our main actress Mariam who appears later wearing number 6 as well. We can see her face clearly once she takes of her helmet when the match is over. See more »

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Diamonds
Written by Sia, Benjamin Levin, Mikkel S. Eriksen and T.E. Hermansen
Performed by Rihanna
Produced by Benjamin Levin, Kuk Harrell, Mikkel S. Eriksen and T.E. Hermansen
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Beautiful!
22 May 2015 | by (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews

Marianne is 16 and her teacher, let's call her the sad result of a privileged white community tells her that she is not going to be admitted to high school. She replaces the role of an absent single mother who works incessantly as a cleaner to support her family. When there is no place where she can feel protected, she gets "adopted" by a girl's band. The morality of her life changes. There is another set of rules by which she plays now. She doesn't question them yet. It's not the new clothes and make up that make her stay, not the coolness, but the "belonging" feeling. Underneath all the decadence that we notice, there is love. One that they are probably still learning how to show. Marianne gets through a series of metamorphosis. Strength in her neighbourhood is gained by immoral devices but we are watching a world that creates its own set of rules. The camera does not approve of them nor does it judge them. It merely observes them maybe with a bit of compassion. At the end we no longer see a girl but a woman. One that can take her own decisions, without allowing exterior forces to change her trajectory. She can now accept her own vulnerability yet be stronger.


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