Girl Picture (Finnish: Tytöt tytöt tytöt, lit.'girls girls girls') is a 2022 Finnish coming-of-age film directed by Alli Haapasalo from a screenplay by Ilona Ahti and Daniela Hakulinen. It premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Audience Award in the World Dramatic Competition. It was released in Finland on 14 April 2022.

Plot

Three young girls at the cusp of womanhood, Mimmi, Rönkkö and Emma, try to defy the persistent winter darkness in Finland by trying to draw their own contours. In the process, they move between dreams, reality, friendship and relationships, and try to make sense of the whole mess. In three consecutive Fridays, two of them experience the earth moving effects of falling in love, while the third goes on a quest to find something she's never experienced before: pleasure.

Cast

  • Aamu Milonoff[fi] as Mimmi
  • Eleonoora Kauhanen[de; fi] as Rönkkö
  • Linnea Leino[de; fi] as Emma
  • Sonya Lindfors[fi] as Tanja
  • Cécile Orblin as Karoliina
  • Oona Airola as Sanna
  • Mikko Kauppila[fi] as Jarmo
  • Amos Brotherus[fi] as Sipi
  • Bruno Baer[fi] as Kalle
  • Nicky Laaguid as Henkka
  • Oksana Lommi as Frida
  • Yasmin Najjar as Sonja
  • Elias Westerberg[fi] as Allu
  • Pietu Wikström[fi] as Samuli
  • Fathi Ahmed as Otto
  • Pablo Ounaskari[fi] as Roope
  • Rebekka Kuukka as Saana
  • Tuuli Heinonen[fi] as Poliisi
  • Yassin Ei Sayed as Lionel
  • Lauri Nousiainen as Petri
  • Henrikki Haavisto as Vesa

Production

Principal photography took place in 2021.

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a 99% rating based on 73 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The critics consensus reads: "Sensitively written and beautifully acted, Girl Picture captures the whirlwind of teenage emotions without sacrificing narrative maturity and depth." On Metacritic, the film holds a weighted average score of 78 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

See also

External links

  • at IMDb
  • at Citizen Jane Productions
  • at Cineuropa