17 Girls
Director: Delphine Coulin
Starring: Louise Grinberg, Juliette Darche, Roxane Duran, Esther Garrel, Yara Pilartz
Wavering between light comedy and drama with wonderfully natural performances, 17 Girls doesn't judge anyone's behavior.
17 Girls has a powerful and loving sense of place.
Underwater shots of spherical midsections floating past the camera prove that they understand the beauty of bodies in motion, even if their storytelling feels a little stillborn.
Impressively, the rookie scribe-helmers' sense of equilibrium is unerring and also surprisingly subtle.
So what does 17 Girls, the debut feature film from sisters Delphine and Muriel Coulin, add to the "pregnancy pact" canon? A lot of style, but not much substance.
Delphine Coulin
Bratislava International Film Festival (2011)
Best First Film (Meilleur premier film)
César Awards, France (2012)
Delphine Coulin
Montréal World Film Festival (2011)
Muriel Coulin
Montréal World Film Festival (2011)
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