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| The Girls |
Bibi Andersson, Harriet Andersson and Gunnel Lindblom (all frequent Ingmar Bergman collaborators) are compelling as 'the girls', three actresses preparing to perform in
Lysistrata, Aristophanes' play about women and war.
As rehearsals progress and the tour takes over, each woman muses on the resonance between the play and oppressive forces in her private life (fathers, husbands, lovers beware!)
Visually stylish and edited with an anarchic vigour that heightens the sense of competing demands on each woman's time, Swedish actress Mai Zetterling's fourth feature as director is sassy and smart in equal measure.
"Ironic and comic, this film moves us by the beauty of its landscapes, its poetry and above all its subtle tenderness"
Simone de Beauvoir
