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In Tomboy, filmmaker Céline Sciamma's (Water Lilies) second feature, a family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure and 6-year-old Jeanne, moves to a new suburban 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 different enough to catch the attention of leader of the pack Lisa, who becomes smitten. At home with her parents and girlie younger sister, she is Laure: 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.
Céline Sciamma brings a light and charming touch to this contemporary coming-of-age story, which is also about relationships between children, children and parents, and the even more complicated one between one's heart and body.
Laure a 10 ans. Laure est un garçon manqué. Arrivée dans un nouveau quartier, elle fait croire à Lisa et sa bande qu'elle est un garçon. Action ou vérité ? Action. L'été devient un grand terrain de jeu et Laure devient Michael, un garçon comme les autres... suffisamment différent pour attirer l'attention de Lisa qui en tombe amoureuse. Laure profite de sa nouvelle identité comme si la fin de l'été n'allait jamais révéler son troublant secret...
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