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- Title
Desire and Queer Adolescence: Céline Sciamma's Naissance des Pieuvres.
- Authors
Jonet, M. Catherine
- Abstract
The author presents a criticism of the film "Naissance des Pieuvres" directed by Céline Sciamma. She discusses the themes of the transition from adolescence to adulthood through the loss of virginity, the same-sex desire experienced by the three lead characters, and the symbolism of synchronized swimming.
- Subjects
NAISSANCE des Pieuvres (Film); SCIAMMA, Celine, 1980-; TEENAGE girls in motion pictures; VIRGINITY in motion pictures; LESBIANISM in motion pictures; LUST in motion pictures; PSYCHOLOGY in motion pictures; SYNCHRONIZED swimming
- Publication
Journal of Popular Culture, 2017, Vol 50, Issue 5, p1127
- ISSN
1540-5931
- Publication type
Film/Television Criticism
- DOI
10.1111/jpcu.12596