And now for something completely different, we talk GIRLHOOD (BANDE DE FILLES), which recently screened as part of the French Film Festival. It’s a gritty, slice-of-life drama centred on a 16 year-old girl called Marieme, who lives in the tough outer suburbs of Paris.

• Girlhood (2014) - IMDb
• Girlhood: the film that busts the myth of conventional French femininity | Life and style | The Guardian

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