Little Girl (film)

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Little Girl
Petite fille film.jpg
Poster
FrenchPetite Fille
Directed bySébastien Lifshitz
Screenplay bySébastien Lifshitz
Produced byMuriel Meynard
CinematographyPaul Guilhaume
Edited byPaul Guilhaume
Music byYolande Decarsin
Release date
  • February 2020 (2020-02) (Berlin)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Little Girl (French: Petite Fille) is a 2020 French documentary film written and directed by Sébastien Lifshitz.[1][2] The cinematography and editing was by Paul Guilhaume.[3] It focusses on the story of 7 year old Sasha who was Assigned male at birth who has known she is a girl since the age of 4. She sees a psychiatrist with a special interest Gender who diagnosis her with Gender dysphoria. The documentary follows the difficulty Sasha and her family face in helping her transition in provincial France.[4]

It was broadcast at the Berlin International Film Festival in the Panorama Queer film section in 2020.[3][5] It was shown at the Zurich Film Festival in 2020[6] and Chicago International Film Festival.[7] In the UK it was shown on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer under the Storyville documentary strand in 2021.[8]

Reviews[]

Leslie Felperin of The Guardian gave the documentary 4 out of 5 stars, describing "limpid cinematography by Paul Guilhaume, the film allows us to study every flicker of expression on the faces of Sasha and the adults around her [Sasha]".[4]

Ben Dowell of The Times also gave a 4 out of 5 starts.[9]

Awards[]

The film won the European Film Award for Best Sound Designer at the European Film Awards.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Little Girl / Petite Fille". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  2. ^ Little Girl, Metacritic, retrieved 2022-03-06
  3. ^ a b Hoeij, Boyd van; Hoeij, Boyd van (2020-02-22). "'Little Girl' ('Petite fille'): Film Review | Berlin 2020". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  4. ^ a b "Little Girl review – a brave child's journey to her true self". the Guardian. 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  5. ^ "Petite fille | Little Girl". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  6. ^ Petite fille - Zurich Film Festival, retrieved 2022-03-06
  7. ^ "Little Girl". International Films - Independent Films | Music Box Films. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  8. ^ "BBC Four - Storyville, Petite Fille". BBC. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  9. ^ Dowell, Ben (2021-07-01). "Storyville: Petite Fille review — film-making with a light touch and real depth". The Times. Retrieved 2022-03-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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