Tomboy
A beautiful, matter-of-fact French drama about a young girl who wants to be a boy, and for one singular summer around her 10th birthday passes as one.
Part of Art House Theater Day 2025 film series
Tomboy
A French family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure (Zoe Heran) and 6-year-old Jeanne (Malonn Levana), moves to a new neighborhood during the summer holidays. With her Jean Seberg haircut and tomboy ways, Laure is immediately mistaken for a boy by the local kids and decides to pass herself off as Mikael, a boy like the others but different enough to catch the attention of leader of the pack Lisa (Jeanne Disson), who becomes smitten with him. At home with her parents (Mathieu Demy and Sophie Cattani) and girlie younger sister, she is Laure; while hanging out with her new pals and girlfriend, she is Mikael. Finding resourceful ways to hide her true self Laure takes advantage of her new identity as if the end of the summer would never reveal her unsettling secret. Celine Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) brings a light and charming touch to this tale of childhood gender confusion, which is also about relationships between children, children and parents, and the even more complicated one between one's heart and body.
Genre
Drama,
LGBTQ+,
Women and Film
Runtime
82
Language
French
Director
Céline Sciamma
Writer(s)
Céline Sciamma
Cast
Zoé Héran,
Malonn Lévana,
Jeanne Disson,
Sophie Cattani,
Mathieu Demy
Awards:
Winner, Teddy ~ Jury Award, Berlin International Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Melissa Anderson,Village Voice
A sensitive portrait of childhood just before pubescence—when bodies and identities are still fluid—Tomboy astutely explores the freedom, however brief, of being untethered to the highly rule-bound world of gender codes.About 20 minutes elapse before we learn the real name and biological sex of a ...
Opening at
Glendale on Jul 24th
Played at
Royal 11.25.11 - 12.08.11
Playhouse 7 11.25.11 - 12.04.11
Town Center 5 11.25.11 - 12.04.11
Claremont 5 12.10.11 - 12.11.11
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