Tomboy details
| Formats: | U DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Jeanne Disson, Sophie Cattani, Malonn Lévana, Zoé Héran, Mathieu Demy |
| Directors: | Celine Sciamma, Céline Sciamma |
| Genres: | Drama, World Cinema - French |
| Studio: | PECCADILLO PICTURES |
| Name | Discs | |
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Tomboy |
U Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 24 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 05 Mar 2012 |
| Main languages: | French |
| Subtitles: | English |
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Q: What's French for Rite de Passage? A: Tomboy
By DanDanger (9 reviews) from Edinburgh , 03 Nov 2011[Highly rated reviewer]
Tomboy Laure (Héran) arrives at her new apartment in a leafy French suburb, and soon yearns for more than simply playing inside with her little sister. Venturing out alone into the neighbourhood she meets Lisa (Disson) and, after a snap decision, introduces herself as Michaël, a lie she’ll spend the rest of the summer desperately hiding from her rough-and-tumble friends and especially Lisa, who develops feelings for her alter ego.
Tomboy see Water Lilies’ director Céline Sciamma return to French suburbia with this second, albeit more narrowly focused, tale of girls-not-yet-ladies dealing with burgeoning hormones and sexual discovery. She tells it in a wonderfully contained and heart aching way, drawing natural performances from her young cast with a light touch and thoughtful screenplay.
Sciamma’s camera stays close to the action, producing rich images that transport the viewer back to long summers spent playing outside, and the innocent physicality of youth, creating a film that will resonate with anyone who can remember awkwardly leaving their childhood behind.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(14)Swimming trunks
By 663322 (37 reviews) , 15 May 2013This was difficult to watch and the actors are very brave to have filmed this. Watching this feels like an intimate intrusion on a teen growing up. But you do have to wonder about the swimming trunks! Don't try this at home but really would this work?- Was this review helpful to you?
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A simple misunderstanding, or something deeper?
By Gray2 (198 reviews) , 27 Feb 2013A family (dad, mum, 6 year old daughter and what looks like a 10 year old son) move to a bigger house in a new neighbourhood at the start of the school summer holidays because the mum is pregnant. The 'son' goes out to meet new friends and introduces himself as Mikael. In no time he's popular - playing football with the boys (and good at it, too!) and kissing one of the girls. But then we see a bathtime scene at home, the mum calls 'Laure' to get out the bath, the 'boy' stands up completely naked and he's clearly anatomically female. Anyway, the story gets more and more complicated as Laure lives the double life. Stripping off her T-shirt to play football is no problem, as she's completely flat-chested (the casting directors were lucky to find Zoé Héran, a 12 year old actress who's not even beginning to bud!). But when they want to go swimming she has to cut up her bathing costume to make trunks, and stick a piece of plasticine down the front to get rid of the camel-toe effect! And when the boys line up at the side of a football pitch to wee in the grass, Laure ends up wetting herself. As the new school term approaches, it looks like her cover will be blown once and for all... What we never really discover is whether this has all been a simple case of mistaken identity on the part of Laure's new friends, or a deeper issue about someone who feels like a boy but is in a girl's body. By the way, I normally avoid subtitled films but there's so little dialogue anyway - and the actions speak for themselves - that you hardly notice it's in French!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Endearingly sweet French film
By O-ren-ishii (13 reviews) from Planet X , 26 Jul 2012If you like French art-house cinema, not gimmicks but simply made and well shot film about childhood, this is good.
Even for those not into movies with or about kids. Its a refreshing change from sugar-sweet Americans.
Fills a nice evening and the story is genuinely touching even if you know where it might end.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Relevant and heart-wrenching.
By zimbaboy (65 reviews) from Cainscross , 13 Jul 2012We all watched this and while the reading of subtitles was tricky for our ten-year old, she strongly related to it. She watched it three times and would like to own the film. She's asked to have her hair cut and all those sort of things. There's something touching about seeing someone in exactly the same circumstances and with similar inner thoughts. The ending of this film is ambiguous, which is good ... the story goes on. The acting among the kids is brilliant, so good that I really thought that it was a documentary among a real group of kids.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Very Enjoyable film
By plowe (6 reviews) from Northampton , 26 Jun 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
I have watched a number of these types of films during the last year where the main characters are the children / young teenagers, finding them to be so very well acted out by the young performers, Tomboy is no exception; finding it very engaging and making for a enjoyable film.- Was this review helpful to you?
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