A lovely film with a compassionate appreciation for how teen girls can often find a sort of comfort in clinging to their woundedness and pain. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
German filmmaker Monika Treut is renowned as the creator of groundbreaking narrative and documentary films with lesbian and feminist themes, but if there’s anything in the least bit radical about Of Girls and Horses, it’s not what you imagine it to be. This is the gentle tale of Alex (German TV star Ceci Chuh), a troubled, lonely 16-year-old who’s been “consoling” herself with drugs and cutting who is sent on an internship to a horse farm in the quiet countryside, and the charm and delight of her interior journey for us is all about watching her slowly transform from a sullen mope to a vibrant,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
German filmmaker Monika Treut is renowned as the creator of groundbreaking narrative and documentary films with lesbian and feminist themes, but if there’s anything in the least bit radical about Of Girls and Horses, it’s not what you imagine it to be. This is the gentle tale of Alex (German TV star Ceci Chuh), a troubled, lonely 16-year-old who’s been “consoling” herself with drugs and cutting who is sent on an internship to a horse farm in the quiet countryside, and the charm and delight of her interior journey for us is all about watching her slowly transform from a sullen mope to a vibrant,...
- 7/31/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
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