"Girlhood" is a French film by director Céline Sciamma about the coming of age of black girl in Paris under tough circumstances, and decides to go in a more sinister direction with a new group of friends, and she has to prove herself, but there are family complications, and a romance is "Girlhood" is a French film by director Céline Sciamma about the coming of age of black girl in Paris under tough circumstances, and decides to go in a more sinister direction with a new group of friends, and she has to prove herself, but there are family complications, and a romance is involved too. Yes we've seen movies like this before; this film, unlike "Boyhood", won't be talked about as some kind of cinema revolution in decades to come (the two films really are so different they shouldn't be readily compared, though they have similar titles, came out at close to the same time, and deal with the experience of youth). But that's perfectly fine, because the craft is exceptional. The story is interesting the way it builds, the acting is great, particularly by Karidja Touré in the lead as she physically transforms once, and then again completely believably. And what's more, this has the most memorable use of an American pop song in a foreign film I have seen in a very long time. Just great. … Expand