Girlhood (2014) on Netflix
Marieme, sixteen, lives in a Paris suburb where her older brother Djibril rules the house and her school record points her toward a vocational track. A gang of girls takes her in.
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- Netflix4.1/5
- IMDb6.9/1010,624 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes96%
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Plot summary
Marieme is sixteen, the daughter of an African-French family in a poor suburb of Paris. She struggles at school, which puts her on a vocational track, and because her mother works long hours, her older brother Djibril, who is abusive, runs the home. Marieme also looks after their younger sisters, Bebe and Mini. The day she is told she will be learning a trade, a group of girls approaches her as she leaves school: Lady, who leads them, with Fily and Adiatou. They ask whether she would like to spend a day with them in the city center. Marieme says no at first, then changes her mind and goes. She starts to dress and act as they do, and Lady gives her a gold necklace bearing the name Vic.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Girlhood (2014)
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- Céline Sciamma shot Girlhood's hotel lip-sync scene before securing the rights to Rihanna's "Diamonds", then appealed to Rihanna's management in post-production. After seeing the scene, they granted the rights for a minimal fee.
- Céline Sciamma deliberately cast black actresses in Girlhood out of concern over the lack of opportunities for black women in France; she said she was shocked that black people were almost never on French screens, even on TV.
