The Girls

The Girls

1968 · 100 min · SV · 6.0 (33 votes)
Dir. Mai Zetterling · Starring Bibi Andersson, Harriet Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom, Gunnar Björnstrand, Erland Josephson, Frank Sundström · Music Michael Hurd
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As they tour Sweden in a theatrical production of "Lysistrata", performing to often uncomprehending audiences, three women find their own lives and marriages mirrored in Aristophanes’s play. Soon, onstage drama, offstage reality, and surrealist fantasies begin to collide.

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A vibrant, stagey romp that feels both ancient and urgently modern. It’s a bold, witty, and unapologetically feminist take on a classic, bursting with energy and sharp social commentary.

wittysatiricalboldfeministenergeticsteadyEuropean arthousepolitical satireensemble castperiod piecefeminismanti-wartheaterfemale solidarity
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