Little Girl | |
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French | Petite Fille |
Directed by | Sébastien Lifshitz |
Screenplay by | Sébastien Lifshitz |
Produced by | Muriel Meynard |
Cinematography | Paul Guilhaume |
Edited by | Pauline Gaillard |
Music by | Yolande Decarsin |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Box office | $28,876 [1] |
Little Girl ( French: Petite Fille) is a 2020 French documentary film written and directed by Sébastien Lifshitz. [2] The cinematography was by Paul Guilhaume, and the editing was by Pauline Gaillard. [3] It focuses on the story of transgender seven-year-old Sasha, who was assigned male at birth but has known she is a girl since the age of four. She sees a psychiatrist with a special interest in 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] [5] [6]
Little Girl was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival in the Panorama Queer film section in 2020. [3] [7] It was shown at the Zurich Film Festival in 2020 [8] and Chicago International Film Festival. [9] In the UK, it was shown on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer under the Storyville documentary strand in 2021. [10]
Leslie Felperin of The Guardian gave the documentary 4 out of 5 stars, praising Guilhaume's "limpid" cinematography as "[allowing the viewer] to study every flicker of expression on the faces of Sasha and the adults around her". [4]
Ben Dowell of The Times also gave the film 4 out of 5 stars. [11]
Little Girl | |
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French | Petite Fille |
Directed by | Sébastien Lifshitz |
Screenplay by | Sébastien Lifshitz |
Produced by | Muriel Meynard |
Cinematography | Paul Guilhaume |
Edited by | Pauline Gaillard |
Music by | Yolande Decarsin |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Box office | $28,876 [1] |
Little Girl ( French: Petite Fille) is a 2020 French documentary film written and directed by Sébastien Lifshitz. [2] The cinematography was by Paul Guilhaume, and the editing was by Pauline Gaillard. [3] It focuses on the story of transgender seven-year-old Sasha, who was assigned male at birth but has known she is a girl since the age of four. She sees a psychiatrist with a special interest in 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] [5] [6]
Little Girl was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival in the Panorama Queer film section in 2020. [3] [7] It was shown at the Zurich Film Festival in 2020 [8] and Chicago International Film Festival. [9] In the UK, it was shown on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer under the Storyville documentary strand in 2021. [10]
Leslie Felperin of The Guardian gave the documentary 4 out of 5 stars, praising Guilhaume's "limpid" cinematography as "[allowing the viewer] to study every flicker of expression on the faces of Sasha and the adults around her". [4]
Ben Dowell of The Times also gave the film 4 out of 5 stars. [11]