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MIGNONNES

MIGNONNES
Cuties

Regie Maïmouna Doucouré
Frankreich 2019

Produktion Zangro
Buch Maïmouna Doucouré
Kamera Yann Maritaud
Montage Stéphane Mazalaigue
Musik Nicolas Nocchi
mit Fathia Youssouf, Médina El Aidi-Azouni, Esther Gohourou, Ilanah Cami-Goursolas, Myriam Hamma, Demba Diaw, Mbissine Thérèse Diop

Französisch, Wolof
dt. Einsprache · engl. UT · 95 Min.
empfohlen ab 12 Jahren

Sa, 22.02. 12:30 Uhr Zoo Palast 1
Mo, 24.02. 13:00 Uhr Urania
Di, 25.02. 12:30 Uhr Filmtheater am Friedrichshain
Do, 27.02. 10:00 Uhr Zoo Palast 2

Bin ich noch ein Mädchen oder schon eine Frau? Und wenn ich eine Frau bin, was für eine möchte ich dann sein? Der elfjährigen Amy fehlen die Worte für derlei Fragen. Und Antworten hat sie gleich gar keine. In ihren Konflikten drücken sich die Gegensätze aus, die Amy in ihrem Umfeld wahrnimmt: hier die konservative, polygame, senegalesische Großfamilie, die gerade nach Paris gezogen ist, da die Mitschülerinnen, die für einen Tanzwettbewerb trainieren, um sich gegenüber den älteren Mädchen zu behaupten. Sie imitieren Bewegungen aus Musik- videos und inszenieren sich in stereotypen Posen, deren Wirkung ihnen noch kaum bewusst ist. Amys Versuch, in beiden Welten zu bestehen, führt zu Spannungen und Enttäuschungen und zwingt sie zu ständiger Verwandlung.

Am I still a girl or already a woman? And if I’m a woman, what kind do I want to be? Eleven-year-old Amy lacks the words to express these questions, and she doesn’t have any quick answers to them either. The conflicts in Amy’s life reflect the contradictory positions that she perceives in her surroundings: there’s her conservative, polygamous, Senegalese extended family, freshly resettled in Paris, and then there are her peers at school, practicing for a dance-off. Together they hope to hold their own against the older girls, imitating moves from music videos and performing stereotypical poses without any awareness yet for what they represent. Amy’s attempt to navigate both worlds leads to tension and disappointment while requiring constant transformation on her part.

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