Bande de Filles

Girlhood Identities in Contemporary France

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by Frances Smith

Type

Studies

Subject

One Film > Girlhood

Keywords

Céline Sciamma, youth, France

Publishing date

2023

Publisher

Routledge

Collection

Routledge Focus on Film Studies

1st publishing

2020

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 114 pages
6 x 9 ½ inches (15.5 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-1-032-57030-3

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Book Presentation:
Few films in the twenty-first century have represented coming-of-age with the beauty and brutality of Bande de Filles (or Girlhood). This book provides an in-depth examination of Céline Sciamma’s film, focusing on its portrayal of female adolescence in contemporary Paris.

Motivated by the absence of black female characters in French cinema, Sciamma represents the lives of figures that have passed largely unnoticed on the big screen. While observing the girls’ tough circumstances, Sciamma’s film emphasises the joy and camaraderie found in female friendships. This book places Girlhood in its cinematic as well as its sociocultural context. Pop music, urban violence, and female friendships are all considered here in a book that draws out the complexity of Sciamma’s deceptively simple portrayal of coming-of-age.

Thoughtful, concise, and deeply contemporary, this book is perfect for students, scholars, and general readers interested in youth cultures, European cinema, gender, and sexuality.

About the Author:
Frances Smith is Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Sussex (UK). Her research concerns teen cinema, nostalgia, and female authorship. She is the author of Rethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie and series co-editor of Refocus: The American Directors Series.

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