Schoolgirls

Las Niñas

Director: Pilar Palomero
Cast: Andrea Fandos, Natalia de Molina
Genre: Drama
Duration: 97 min.
Nationality: Spain
Year: 2020
Language: Spanish
Production Companies: Inicia Films, Bteam Pictures
Theatrical Release: 4th of September 2020, by Bteam Pictures
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The performances from these young actors are terrific when taken separately, but what works best is the dynamic between them. The looks that these dark-eyed girls exchange are so rich that they are little movies in themselves.

The Hollywood Reporter - Jonathan Holland

SCHOOLGIRLS is a delicate coming-of-age drama set in the contradictory Spain of the 90s. A story of a confused generation of young women delivered by first-time director Pilar Palomero and by the producers of critically acclaimed Summer 1993.

SCHOOLGIRLS is the story of Celia, an 11-year-old girl who studies at a nuns' school in 1992. Celia is a good girl; she is a responsible student and a considerate daughter. The arrival of a new classmate will open a little window through which Celia will discover a whole new world.

Together with her new friend and some older girls, Celia will enter a new stage of her life: adolescence, the stage of first-times. Her body needs to experiment, try new things, and stop being a little girl, even if that entails confronting her mother and everything that meant comfort and security.

AWARDS: Best Film, Best New Director, Best Cinematography, Best Original Screenplay at the Goya Awards; Best Film and Best Cinematography at Malaga Film Festival.