Girl (2018 film)

Girl
Film poster
Directed by Lukas Dhont
Written by
  • Lukas Dhont
  • Angelo Tijssens
Starring Victor Polster
Music by Valentin Hadjadj
Distributed by Netflix
Release date
  • 12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) (Cannes)
  • 9 October 2018 (2018-10-09) (Belgium)
Running time
 100 minutes
Country Belgium
Language Dutch
French
Box office $175,706[1][2]

Girl is a 2018 Belgian drama film directed by Lukas Dhont. It was written by Dhont and Angelo Tijssens. It screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Caméra d'Or award for best first feature film at the festival, as well as the Queer Palm.[3][4] Also at Cannes, Victor Polster won the Un Certain Regard Jury Award for Best Performance.[5] It was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards.[6][7]

Plot

Lara, a 15-year-old transgender girl, studies at a prestigious Belgian dance academy. The rigors of training as a ballerina are further complicated as she prepares for sex reassignment surgery.[8]

Cast

  • Victor Polster
  • Nele Hardiman
  • Arieh Worthalter

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Girl (2018)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Girl (2018)". The Numbers. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "The 2018 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Cannes Lineup Includes New Films From Spike Lee, Jean-Luc Godard". Variety. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Lodge, Guy (18 May 2018). "Cannes: 'Border' Leads Un Certain Regard Award Winners". Variety. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "'Girl' is Belgian entry for the Oscars". De Morgen. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  7. ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy (27 August 2018). "Oscars: Belgium Selects 'Girl', Cannes' Camera D'Or, As Foreign Language Entry". Deadline. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  8. ↑ van Hoeij, Boyd (12 May 2018). "'Girl': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
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