Tomboy (2011): Release November 16th, 2011 (limited), 25 November 2011 (USA)

Tomboy (2011)

In Brief:

Ten-year-old Laure moves into a new town with her parents and little sister. Laure does not know any of the kids in the neighborhood, and when she meets a girl named Lisa, she lets her think she's a boy. Laure starts to play with other kids, taking on the persona of a boy named Mickael. As she gets closer to Lisa, the creation of her persona makes the ambiguity of her situation ever more complicated. On other hand Settling into her new neighborhood outside Paris, a 10-year-old girl decides to introduce herself as a boy.

Tomboy (2011)

Movie Title: Tomboy  (2011)

Release Date: November 16th, 2011 (limited),   25 November 2011 (USA)

Director: Céline Sciamma

Writer: Céline Sciamma (screenplay)

Stars: Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana and Jeanne Disson

Producers:

Benedicte Couvreur Producer

Genres: Drama and Art/Foreign

Produced in: France

Running Time: 1 hr. 24 min.

Synopsis

Rocket Releasing presents writer-director Celine Sciamma's multiple award-winner TOMBOY, a truly contemporary coming of age story, scheduled to open in New York on November 16 followed by a national roll out. In Ms. Sciamma's ('Water Lilies") second feature, a French family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure (Zoe Heran) and 6-year-old Jeanne (Malonn Levana), moves to a new neighborhood during the summer holidays. With her Jean Seberg haircut and tomboy ways, Laure is immediately mistaken for a boy by the local kids and decides to pass herself off as Mikael, a boy like the others but different enough to catch the attention of leader of the pack Lisa (Jeanne Disson) who becomes smitten with him. At home with her parents (Mathieu Demy and Sophie Cattani) and girlie younger sister she is Laure, while hanging out with her new pals and girlfriend, she is Mikael. Finding resourceful ways to hide her true self Laure takes advantage of her new identity as if the end of the summer would never reveal her unsettling secret. Celine Sciamma ("Water Lilies") brings a light and charming touch to this tale of childhood gender confusion, which is also about relationships between children, children and parents, and the even more complicated one between one's heart and body.

Full Cast:

Zoé Héran ... Laure / Michaël

Malonn Lévana ... Jeanne

Jeanne Disson ... Lisa

Sophie Cattani ... Mother

Mathieu Demy ... Father

Yohan Vero ... Vince

Noah Vero ... Noah

Cheyenne Lainé ... Cheyenne

Rayan Boubekri ... Rayan

Christel Baras ... La mère de Lisa

Valérie Roucher ... La mère de Rayan