Las niñas

People born in 1979 or 1980 or even 1981, 1982 or 1983 in Spain lived in a country which made an effort to be seen as "modern", but it had inside a strong contrast between this modernity and the Spanish traditions of the previous decades.

This film isn't just another coming-of-age story: It depicts with a naturalism the major contrast of 90s Spain. This contrast was between the more relaxed morality that the media wanted to project and the conservative stance of the Cathoilic Church and rural areas. The path to adolescense is well told, with all the shananigans and truth revelations it entails. The direction is almost Bressonian in its minimalism and the music is exclusively from the era. Overall, a stellar movie.

The movie is about a few girls studying in a Catholic School in Spain , but frankly it's dumb, slow-paced and without interest.

I bravery resisted throughout the whole movie without turning off the TV , but in the end I regretted it.

The only feeling I got in the end was hating the nuns more than I already do, if that's possible.

This film is a great depiction of the morals of Spain in the 90s. A country which, while trying to look forward, had not eliminated its very conservative institutions. Add to this the beggining of adolescense ( the presence of Brissa symbolizes that ) and the shananigans it entails and you have a good picture. ( In addition, there are the truths about her family hidden from Celia, which are revealed as part of the adolescense process. ) Add to that an almost Bressonian minimalism and the right music for the era and you have a stellar movie.

Uninspired and mostly autobiographical coming of age yawn fest. The writer-director seems to have come across her girly diaries and decided that it was a good idea to share her experiences with the world. Gave up half way. If that was the best Spanish film of the year, God knows which one was the worst.