An Easy Girl Explained

An Easy Girl
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Director:Rebecca Zlotowski
Producer:Frédéric Jouve
Cinematography:George Lechaptois
Editing:Géraldine Mangenot
Distributor:Ad Vitam
Runtime:92 minutes
Country:France
Language:French
Gross:$644,582[1]

An Easy Girl (French: Une fille facile) is a 2019 French comedy-drama film directed by Rebecca Zlotowski, starring Zahia Dehar, Mina Farid, Benoît Magimel and Nuno Lopes. Set in summertime in Cannes, the film follows a 16-year-old who is drawn into her cousin's free-spirited lifestyle, despite warnings from her concerned best friend. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival,[2] [3] where it won the SACD Award for Best French-language Film.[4]

Cast

Reception

The film was released on Netflix in the United States on 14 August 2020, and was the 10th most watched film on the platform in its debut weekend.[5]

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of .[6] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 79 out of 100, based on reviews from 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: An Easy Girl (2020) . . 18 August 2020.
  2. Web site: Keslassy . Elsa . Cannes: Deerskin With Jean Dujardin to Open Directors' Fortnight . . 19 April 2019 . en . 4 April 2019.
  3. Web site: Goodfellow . Melanie . Cannes Directors' Fortnight unveils genre-heavy 2019 selection . . 23 April 2019.
  4. Web site: Hopewell . John . 'An Easy Girl' Wins Cannes Directors' Fortnight French-Language Movie Prize . Variety . 23 May 2019 . 23 May 2019.
  5. Web site: Canadian Box Office Reopens as 'Unhinged' and 'SpongeBob Movie' Take the Lead . Brueggemann . Tom . IndieWire. August 17, 2020. August 20, 2020.
  6. Web site: An Easy Girl (2019). Rotten Tomatoes. .
  7. Web site: An Easy Girl Reviews . . 1 March 2022 .