Girl plays as part of our Members' Summer Selection season, and was proposed by our member Joseph Miller, who writes: 'Before his masterpiece Close (2022), Lukas Dhont created a controversial yet deeply humane look at transitioning through the eyes of Lara (based on Nora Monsecour‘s own life), A unique experience needed to be screened.'

Lukas Dhont's breathtaking debut feature encompasses the heartache, courage, and punishing training of a ballerina transitioning in her teenage years. Winner of three prizes at the Cannes Film Festival 2018, including one for the extraordinary physical performance by teenage dancer Victor Polster as Lara, through whom we see the daily toil of the desperate desire to accelerate the sluggish process of transition.

Cast:
Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart