Girls Lost (film)

Girls Lost
Film poster
Directed by Alexandra-Therese Keining
Written by Alexandra-Therese Keining
Starring Josefin Neldén
Release date
  • 12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) (TIFF)
  • 19 February 2016 (2016-02-19) (Sweden)
Country Sweden
Language Swedish

Girls Lost (Swedish: Pojkarna) is a 2015 Swedish drama film directed by Alexandra-Therese Keining. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[1]

Taking inspiration from the 1928 novel Orlando: A Biography, the film draws on elements of magical realism to explore notions of fluid sexuality and identity.[2]

Plot

Three teenaged girls discover a flower whose nectar can temporally turn them into boys. At first bewildered by the transformation and the newfound freedom being male gives them in the night life of the city, one of them, Kim, soon finds herself addicted to her male persona.

Cast

  • Josefin Neldén as Gympaläraren
  • Simon Settergren as Kassabiträdet
  • Lars Väringer as Sten
  • Mandus Berg as Tony
  • Alexander Gustavsson as Momo
  • Louise Nyvall as Momo
  • Olle Wirenhed as Bellas pappa
  • Emrik Öhlander as Kim

References

  1. "Sandra Bullock's 'Our Brand Is Crisis,' Robert Redford's 'Truth' to Premiere at Toronto". Variety. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  2. "Interview: Alexandra-Therese Keining talks Girls Lost". FilmDoo. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
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