Girls Will Be Girls

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Girls Will Be Girls

Opens September 20

Winner of two prizes at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival: the World Cinema Drama Audience Award and a Special Jury Award for Acting for Preeti Panigrahi.

In a strict boarding school nestled in the Himalayas, Mira (Preeti Panigrahi) is a successful student shouldering high expectations from her parents and her teachers. But as she wrestles with new desires and ample curiosity inspired by the handsome Sri (Kesav Binoy Kiron), she finds herself at odds with the school’s strict rules and her mother’s (Kani Kusruti) incessant involvement in her new romance. As Mira strives to escape the watchful eyes of her teachers, mother and fellow students and find time alone with Sri, Mira approaches learning about love with the same dedication that she applies to her studies, resulting in sometimes comic and shocking conclusions.

"The film is one that fully recognizes the power of a lingering gaze, a suppressed smile, the slightest movement of the littlest finger, and one which uses them all to maximum effect."
Ross McIndoe, Slant Magazine
"Both Panigrahi and Kusruti deliver immensely lived-in performances that write sonnets through silent stares, as a mother and daughter who aren’t accustomed to truly connecting, or communicating beyond customary debriefs."
Siddhant Adlakha, Variety

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