Girls Lost
Still from Girls Lost.

Girls Lost

classified 15 S

Reflections and Refractions: Gender on Screen

Film

Please note: This was screened in Feb 2023

Director
Alexandra-Therese Keining
Cast
Tuva Jagell, Emrik Öhlander, Louise Nyvall
Details
106 mins, Subtitled, 2015, Sweden
Primary language
Swedish

Nectar from a magic flower allows three girls to temporarily live as boys in this coming of age fantasy thriller from Alexandra-Therese Keining.

Three teenage girls who face an onslaught of misogynist and homophobic insults at school discover the potent magical qualities of a plant in their greenhouse, giving them the power to transform into boys. With the ability to freely switch gender, their perceptions of the world - and each other - change forever.

Keining’s magical realist, coming of age film brings an entirely fresh approach to transgender issues in a heady, sensual picture that endeavours to capture something of the aching, longing and confusion of growing up in the wrong body.Image title


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