Bande de filles

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6.9/10

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Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh, and Mariétou Touré in Bande de filles (2014)

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Coming-of-Age Teen Drama Drama

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 h... Read allA 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.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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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

10K

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See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 12 wins & 22 nominations total

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Trivia
The most daunting task for the film was to obtain the rights to the Rihanna song Diamonds, written by Sia. The sequence featuring the song, where the girls lip sync to the lyrics, was shot first before Céline Sciamma obtained the rights. Rihanna and Sia gave them the authorization once they had seen the sequence dedicated to the song, for a minimal fee.

Goofs
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.

Connections
Featured in Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema: Coming of Age (2018)

Soundtracks
Diamonds
Performed by Rihanna
Written by Sia (as Furler), Tor Erik Hermansen (as Hermansen), Mikkel Storleer Eriksen (as Eriksen), Benny Blanco (as Levin)
© 2012 - EMI Music Publishing Ltd. Matza Ballzack Music, Where Da Kasz At? (BMI) administered by Kobalt Music Group Ltd.
(p) 2012 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Courtesy of EMI Music Publishing France, Matza Ballzack Music, Where Da Kasz At? & Univeral Music Vision
All rights reserved
Produced by Benny Blanco (uncredited), Kuk Harrell (uncredited), Mikkel Storleer Eriksen (uncredited) and Tor Erik Hermansen (uncredited)

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Featured review

Pretty good

It's easy to dismiss so much of this film as a gimmick on first-look. I mean, Girlhood... it just seems like such an obvious set-up for one of the most acclaimed films of this century. The good thing is that this film really isn't trying to follow the same structure as Boyhood. Whereas that film really embraced itself in realism, one can say that this one is trying to play with more conventional structures in terms of a 'coming of age" drama. One can say that the main character goes through more changes here, in ways that are more measurable. Perhaps in that way this film may not be as realistic, but perhaps in other ways it's more able to find something captivating in its quiet moments.