Ten-year-old Laure isn't like most girls. She prefers football to dolls and sweaters to dresses. When Laure and her family move to a new neighbourhood, local girl Lisa mistakes Laure for a boy. Indulging in this exciting new identity, Laure becomes Mickaël, and so begins a summer of long sunny afternoons, playground games and first kisses. Yet with the school term fast approaching, and with suspicions arising amongst friends and family, Laure must face up to an uncertain future.
The film stays close to a ten-year-old and a summer that feels long and light, while a quiet tension builds underneath. Sciamma tells it calmly, with little dialogue and a lot of attention to bodies, glances and games. It feels tender and understated, without explaining or lecturing.
Good for you if you like quiet, closely observed stories seen through a child's eyes, full of feeling and light on melodrama.
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