Moving 'Tomboy' explores youth, gender
by Steve Warren
January 20, 2012 09:33
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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."
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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.