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Girls Can't Swim (French: Les Filles ne savent pas nager) is a 2000 French coming of age drama film. The film had its world premiere at the 2000 Montreal World Film Festival and was released in France on 18 October of that year. It was given a limited theatrical release in the United States on 19 April 2002.
Nov 13, 2020 · A French film about the relationship between two teenaged girls on the Brittany coast. The title means Girls Can't Swim, but the film is also known as Les filles ne savent pas nager.
Jan 23, 2023 · Directed by Anne-Sophie Birot. With Isild Le Besco, Karen Alyx, Pascale Bussières, Pascal Elso. Even though they grew up in opposite parts of France, Gwen and Lise are best friends and spend every Summer vacation together on the Brittany coast where Gwen lives. Hardcoded English subs. Addeddate. 2023-01-23 10:24:22. Color. color. Identifier.
- 97 min
This wonderful debut feature captures the elusive relationship between two teenaged girls. Gwen and Lise live in opposite parts of France but have spent summer vacation together on the Brittany...
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- Isild Le Besco
- Anne-Sophie Birot
- Drama
Though living far apart, teens Gwen and Lise are bosom buddies. Their loyalty to each other supercedes almost every other relationship in their lives. Gwen lives by the seaside with her parents, a fisherman father and housewife mother. She is rather insouciant--a bouncy, good-natured, tousle-haired.
- Anne-Sophie Birot
- Isild Le Besco
Apr 14, 2003 · Gwen and Lise are best friends who spend the summer holiday in Brittany, but their relationship is complicated by Gwen's sexual obsession and Lise's repressed feelings. The film explores their adolescent emotions and conflicts with humor and compassion.
"Girls Can't Swim (Les filles ne savent pas nager)" gets a lot right about teens, in a debut by writer/director Anne-Sophie Birot: The endless summer feeling of life Down the Shore (only here the Shore is at Brittany so there's no Bruce Springsteen music, let alone any beach music).
