Spreads warmth throughout, with little gaps were you have to refill the cup, but ultimately leaves you feeling happy inside.
I love nearly everything about this film. The acting, the cinematography, the themes it gets across. All in all, a very natural, beautiful and at times, bittersweet film.
The only few things I would criticise is that 1) there is a scene or two where the 6-year old girl, Jeanne, speaks with the mind of someone a lot older. Yes, the bond between her and Laure/Mickael is very tight but some of the things she said felt a bit unnatural for her age.
Don't get wrong, however, these occurrences are few and far between and the relationship they had was so heart-warming. It was one of the things I enjoyed most.
My second criticism is hardly even a criticism - It's too short! I was just left wanting to see more.
There are more cynical people out there, I imagine, who would question this film and it's viewers after some of the things we see on-screen i.e the bath scene, and a few others because Laure/Mickael is 10. However, for this film to work, and because it is after all, an innocent film, you have to view it through completely innocent eyes. I'd feel sorry for anyone who disregards this film through being unable to do that.
I would lastly question the decision in the script to make the mother pregnant but maybe that's something I just didn't quite pick up on.
I gave Tomboy an 8/10 after seeing it last year but it's been bumped up to an 9 after a second viewing. It's an amazing piece of work lead by very impressive performances from Malon Lévanne (Jeanne) and Zoé Héran (Laure/Mickael)
9/10
I love nearly everything about this film. The acting, the cinematography, the themes it gets across. All in all, a very natural, beautiful and at times, bittersweet film.
The only few things I would criticise is that 1) there is a scene or two where the 6-year old girl, Jeanne, speaks with the mind of someone a lot older. Yes, the bond between her and Laure/Mickael is very tight but some of the things she said felt a bit unnatural for her age.
Don't get wrong, however, these occurrences are few and far between and the relationship they had was so heart-warming. It was one of the things I enjoyed most.
My second criticism is hardly even a criticism - It's too short! I was just left wanting to see more.
There are more cynical people out there, I imagine, who would question this film and it's viewers after some of the things we see on-screen i.e the bath scene, and a few others because Laure/Mickael is 10. However, for this film to work, and because it is after all, an innocent film, you have to view it through completely innocent eyes. I'd feel sorry for anyone who disregards this film through being unable to do that.
I would lastly question the decision in the script to make the mother pregnant but maybe that's something I just didn't quite pick up on.
I gave Tomboy an 8/10 after seeing it last year but it's been bumped up to an 9 after a second viewing. It's an amazing piece of work lead by very impressive performances from Malon Lévanne (Jeanne) and Zoé Héran (Laure/Mickael)
9/10