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2022 Finnish film

Girl Picture
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Finnish	Tytöt tytöt tytöt

Directed by	Alli Haapasalo
Screenplay by	Ilona Ahti Daniela Hakulinen
Produced by	Leila Lyytikäinen Elina Pohjola
Starring	Aamu Milonoff Eleonoora Kauhanen Linnea Leino
Cinematography	Jarmo Kiuru
Edited by	Samu Heikkilä
Production company	Citizen Jane Productions
Distributed by	Nordisk Film LevelK
Release dates	24 January 2022 (2022-01-24) (Sundance) 14 April 2022 (2022-04-14) (Finland)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Finland
Languages	Finnish, French

Girl Picture (Finnish: Tytöt tytöt tytöt, lit. 'girls girls girls') is a 2022 Finnish coming-of-age film directed by Alli Haapasalo from a screenplay by Ilona Ahti and Daniela Hakulinen. It premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Audience Award in the World Dramatic Competition. It was released in Finland on 14 April 2022.

Plot

Three young girls at the cusp of womanhood, Mimmi, Rönkkö and Emma, try to defy the persistent winter darkness in Finland by trying to draw their own contours. In the process, they move between dreams, reality, friendship and relationships, and try to make sense of the whole mess. In three consecutive Fridays, two of them experience the earth moving effects of falling in love, while the third goes on a quest to find something she's never experienced before: pleasure.

Cast

Aamu Milonoff [fi] as Mimmi
Eleonoora Kauhanen [de; fi] as Rönkkö
Linnea Leino [de; fi] as Emma
Sonya Lindfors [fi] as Tanja
Cécile Orblin as Karoliina
Oona Airola [de; fi] as Sanna
Mikko Kauppila [fi] as Jarmo
Amos Brotherus [fi] as Sipi
Bruno Baer [fi] as Kalle
Nicky Laaguid as Henkka
Oksana Lommi as Frida
Yasmin Najjar as Sonja
Elias Westerberg [fi] as Allu
Pietu Wikström [fi] as Samuli
Fathi Ahmed as Otto
Pablo Ounaskari [fi] as Roope
Rebekka Kuukka as Saana
Tuuli Heinonen [fi] as Poliisi
Yassin Ei Sayed as Lionel
Lauri Nousiainen as Petri
Henrikki Haavisto as Vesa

Production

Principal photography took place in 2021.

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a 99% rating based on 73 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The critics consensus reads: "Sensitively written and beautifully acted, Girl Picture captures the whirlwind of teenage emotions without sacrificing narrative maturity and depth." On Metacritic, the film holds a weighted average score of 78 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

References

Grater, Tom (10 January 2022). "LevelK Boards Sundance & Berlin-Selected Coming Of Age Drama 'Girl Picture'". Deadline. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
Gates, Marya E. (24 January 2022). "Sundance 2022: Brian and Charles, The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future, Dos Estaciones, Girl Picture". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
"2022 Sundance Film Festival Awards Announced". Sundance Institute. January 28, 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
Winkelman, Natalia (28 January 2022). "'Girl Picture' Review: Finnish Teens Look for Love and Orgasms in an Honest and Affecting Coming-of-Age Story". IndieWire. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
"Tytöt tytöt tytöt". Nordisk Film Finland (in Finnish). Retrieved 29 January 2022.
"Girl Picture". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
"Girl Picture Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

External links

Girl Picture at IMDb
Girl Picture at Citizen Jane Productions
Girl Picture at Cineuropa

v t e Finnish submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973) Flame Top (1980) Sign of the Beast (1981) Pessi and Illusia (1984) The Unknown Soldier (1986) The Snow Queen (1987) The Winter War (1990) Ripa Hits the Skids (1994) The Last Wedding (1995) Drifting Clouds (1996) The Collector (1997) A Summer by the River (1998) The Tough Ones (1999) Seven Songs from the Tundra (2000) The River (2001) The Man Without a Past (2002) Elina: As If I Wasn't There (2003) Producing Adults (2004) Mother of Mine (2005) Lights in the Dusk (2006) A Man's Work (2007) The Home of Dark Butterflies (2008) Letters to Father Jacob (2009) Steam of Life (2010) Le Havre (2011) Purge (2012) Disciple (2013) Concrete Night (2014) The Fencer (2015) The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (2016) Tom of Finland (2017) Euthanizer (2018) Stupid Young Heart (2019) Tove (2020) Compartment No. 6 (2021) Girl Picture (2022) Fallen Leaves (2023) Family Time (2024)

Finnish submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
Flame Top (1980)
Sign of the Beast (1981)
Pessi and Illusia (1984)
The Unknown Soldier (1986)
The Snow Queen (1987)
The Winter War (1990)
Ripa Hits the Skids (1994)
The Last Wedding (1995)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Collector (1997)
A Summer by the River (1998)
The Tough Ones (1999)
Seven Songs from the Tundra (2000)
The River (2001)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Elina: As If I Wasn't There (2003)
Producing Adults (2004)
Mother of Mine (2005)
Lights in the Dusk (2006)
A Man's Work (2007)
The Home of Dark Butterflies (2008)
Letters to Father Jacob (2009)
Steam of Life (2010)
Le Havre (2011)
Purge (2012)
Disciple (2013)
Concrete Night (2014)
The Fencer (2015)
The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (2016)
Tom of Finland (2017)
Euthanizer (2018)
Stupid Young Heart (2019)
Tove (2020)
Compartment No. 6 (2021)
Girl Picture (2022)
Fallen Leaves (2023)
Family Time (2024)

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