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Title: Moving ‘Tomboy’ explores youth, gender
Post by: Shana A on January 21, 2012, 09:31:05 AM
Post by: Shana A on January 21, 2012, 09:31:05 AM
Moving 'Tomboy' explores youth, gender
by Steve Warren
January 20, 2012 09:33
http://www.thegavoice.com/index.php/aae/film/4054-moving-tomboy-explores-youth-gender (http://www.thegavoice.com/index.php/aae/film/4054-moving-tomboy-explores-youth-gender)
From the first shot of its ten-year-old protagonist, "Tomboy" is a study in gender identity and expectations.
Young Zoé Héran grounds the film with an amazing performance as the lead character, who moves to a new neighborhood and self-identifies to the local kids as Mikael, "the new boy in the building."
[...]
The first friend "Mikael" makes is Lisa (Jeanne Disson), a girl who's in the same grade but looks a bit older. Mikael could become Lisa's first crush, which of course would complicate things. So could the dick he fashions from clay to pad his bathing suit.
by Steve Warren
January 20, 2012 09:33
http://www.thegavoice.com/index.php/aae/film/4054-moving-tomboy-explores-youth-gender (http://www.thegavoice.com/index.php/aae/film/4054-moving-tomboy-explores-youth-gender)
From the first shot of its ten-year-old protagonist, "Tomboy" is a study in gender identity and expectations.
Young Zoé Héran grounds the film with an amazing performance as the lead character, who moves to a new neighborhood and self-identifies to the local kids as Mikael, "the new boy in the building."
[...]
The first friend "Mikael" makes is Lisa (Jeanne Disson), a girl who's in the same grade but looks a bit older. Mikael could become Lisa's first crush, which of course would complicate things. So could the dick he fashions from clay to pad his bathing suit.