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Watched this at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

Filmmaker Shuchi Talati creates a beautiful, tender and complex story on exploring female sexuality, culture, and mother & daughter relationship with strong performances, great camerawork, and ambitious writing. Talati's writing and direction felt genuine, sweet and nature on capturing the characters interactions and personalities that were well-developed and interesting and approaching the themes and cultures of India with sweet tenderness and complexity.

The camerawork shooting in 4:3 aspect ratio felt purposeful and helped create the atmosphere of the setting. Many of the performances are really good and the characters are interesting as I felt genuine connection and investment to the characters. You are able to get engagement, connection and understanding of many of the characters and the mother and daughter aspects were strong. Good costumes and production designs throughout as well.

The only gripe I have is that I felt certain aspects were a little too long and could have been shorten.

Art-house India cinema is interesting as they are not something I have often seen but Girls Will Be Girls is likely going to be my newest favorite art-house India movie.

Absolutely obsessed with Shuchi's work-what an incredible talent! I loved "Girls Will Be Girls" from start to finish. There were some truly scream-out-loud moments (I even got shushed in the theatre at Sundance London). The sharp social commentary on mother-daughter relationships was brilliantly executed (the chai scenes broke my wee heart). The 'realness' of young female sexual awakening (the teddy scene) was amazing as it's so rarely seen on screen! The characters were complex and relatable, making the story both engaging and thought-provoking. I can't wait to watch and analyze it all over again. The cinematography, in particular, was exceptional, capturing the nuances of each scene beautifully. Shuchi has truly crafted a masterpiece with this film.