The film is set during the 1960s at the height of Beatlemania. It opens with schoolgirls singing a Beatles song in the courtyard of their Catholic school to the delight of their classmates, but a nun arrives to break it up. Two girls, Pam and Stella, are in a bedroom where they kiss cutouts of Beatles members that are pinned to the wall. One of the girls is wearing the cutout of her favorite Beatle as a mask to practice kissing on her friend.
This is intercut with scenes of one of the other schoolgirls, Gloria, who is at home playing a game of make-believe with her brother Graeme. Pam's home life is a scene of dysfunction due to her unfaithful father and a depressed mother. Despite the parents' marital strife, the couple ends up reconciling much to Pam's surprise.
A leitmotif of music-box notes plays intermittently throughout the film.
Nicole Kidman admitted during an interview that at 14 she was originally cast as the lead in the film but turned it down because of her reluctance to kiss a girl and wear a shower cap.[3]
In a retrospective review, Cristina Álvarez López of Mubi wrote the film "signals concisely the fragile, liminal territory to be explored: a space between childhood and womanhood, between desire and repression, and between curiosity and trauma".[5]
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^"Festival de Cannes: A Girl's Own Story". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
girl, story, 1984, short, australian, drama, film, directed, jane, campion, screened, certain, regard, section, 1986, cannes, film, festival, short, centers, female, adolescent, experience, particularly, female, desire, using, fragmentary, approach, directed, . A Girl s Own Story is a 1984 short Australian drama film directed by Jane Campion It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival 1 2 The short centers on the female adolescent experience particularly female desire using a fragmentary approach A Girl s Own StoryDirected byJane CampionWritten byJane CampionStarringGabrielle ShorneggGeraldine HaywoodMarina KnightCinematographySally BongersEdited byChristopher LancasterRelease date1984 1984 Running time27 minutesCountryAustraliaLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Filming 4 Reception 5 References 6 External linksPlot editThe film is set during the 1960s at the height of Beatlemania It opens with schoolgirls singing a Beatles song in the courtyard of their Catholic school to the delight of their classmates but a nun arrives to break it up Two girls Pam and Stella are in a bedroom where they kiss cutouts of Beatles members that are pinned to the wall One of the girls is wearing the cutout of her favorite Beatle as a mask to practice kissing on her friend This is intercut with scenes of one of the other schoolgirls Gloria who is at home playing a game of make believe with her brother Graeme Pam s home life is a scene of dysfunction due to her unfaithful father and a depressed mother Despite the parents marital strife the couple ends up reconciling much to Pam s surprise A leitmotif of music box notes plays intermittently throughout the film Cast editGabrielle Shornegg as Pam Geraldine Haywood as Stella Marina Knight as Gloria John Godden as Graeme Joanne Gabbe as Sister Colleen Fitzpatrick as Mother Paul Chubb as Father Jane Edwards as Deidre Cynthia Turner as Nun 1 Valda Diamond as Nun 2 Katharine Cullen as Little PamFilming editNicole Kidman admitted during an interview that at 14 she was originally cast as the lead in the film but turned it down because of her reluctance to kiss a girl and wear a shower cap 3 Reception editA Girl s Own Story received acclaim and won the 1984 Rouben Mamoulian Award at the Sydney Fim Festival 2 and the Best Direction Award at the Australian Film Institute 4 It screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival 2 Filmmaker Todd Haynes said A Girl s Own Story is a film of acute tenderness and beauty 4 In a retrospective review Cristina Alvarez Lopez of Mubi wrote the film signals concisely the fragile liminal territory to be explored a space between childhood and womanhood between desire and repression and between curiosity and trauma 5 References edit Festival de Cannes A Girl s Own Story festival cannes com Retrieved 12 July 2009 a b c Matthews Kate Curator s notes A Girl s Own Story 1983 National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Retrieved 19 March 2022 THR Actress Roundtable Full Hour YouTube Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 Retrieved 25 May 2015 a b A Girl s Own Story Women Make Movies Retrieved 20 March 2022 Alvarez Lopez Cristina 2 October 2017 Foreplays 5 Jane Campion s A Girl s Own Story MUBI Retrieved 19 March 2022 External links editA Girl s Own Story at IMDb nbsp A Girl s Own Story at Vimeo A Girl s Own Story at Senses of Cinema Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A Girl 27s Own Story amp oldid 1152040609, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
