The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 91% of the 7,172 2010s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in the gang, hoping that this will be a way to freedom.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic85/100
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
408 audience votes
Key crew
- Céline SciammaDirector
- Céline SciammaWriter
- Para OneOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Karidja TouréMarieme / Vic
- Assa SyllaLady
- Lindsay KaramohAdiatou
- Mariétou TouréFily
- Idrissa DiabatéIsmaël
- Cyril MendyDjibril
- Tia DiagneBambi
- Rabah Nait OufellaKader
- Damien ChapelleCédric
- Simina SoumaréBébé
- Dielika CoulibalyMonica
- Djibril GueyeAbou
Themes
street gangghettosingingpeer pressurewoman director