Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Schoolgirls

Play trailer Poster for Schoolgirls 2020 1h 37m Drama Foreign Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
90% Tomatometer 10 Reviews Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
SCHOOLGIRLS is the story of Celia, an 11-year-old girl who studies at a nuns' school in 1992. Celia is a good girl; she is a responsible student and a considerate daughter. The arrival of a new classmate will open a little window through which Celia will discover a whole new world. Together with her new friend and some older girls, Celia will enter a new stage of her life: adolescence, the stage of first-times. Her body needs to experiment, try new things, and stop being a little girl, even if that entails confronting her mother and everything that meant comfort and security.

Critics Reviews

View More
Jonathan Holland The Hollywood Reporter 03/17/2020
The performances from these young actors are terrific when taken separately, but what works best is the dynamic between them, and some of the looks that these dark-eyed girls exchange are so rich that they are little movies in themselves. Go to Full Review Erick Estrada Cinegarage 10/05/2022
It's almost a mosaic. A series of vignettes, in aspect ratios between 1:75 and 1:37, that immediately takes us to the past. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Barbara Shulgasser Common Sense Media 07/12/2022
2/5
Schoolgirls is slow, almost aimless. After many scenes depicting a lonely child desperate for the attention of her unresponsive mom, the big reveal is hardly a surprise. Go to Full Review Álvaro de Luna Espinof 10/20/2020
4.5/5
A fantastic debut for Pilar Palomero and a fantastic portrait of a generation. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Paula Arantzazu Ruiz Sensacine 09/07/2020
4.5/5
Palomero's film is a very powerful Proustian bomb, which will explode like peta-zetas in the memory of today's adult Spanish women. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Aloma Rodríguez Letras Libres 09/07/2020
A wonderful and emotional portrait of adolescence. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews
Schoolgirls

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

View All

Pilar Palomero

Director

Natalia de Molina

Actor

More Like This

View All
The Calming 90% % The Calming Watchlist Mientras Dure La Guerra 64% 70% Mientras Dure La Guerra Watchlist Sunday's Illness 89% 73% Sunday's Illness Watchlist Libertad 100% % Libertad Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More
View All

Schoolgirls

View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis SCHOOLGIRLS is the story of Celia, an 11-year-old girl who studies at a nuns' school in 1992. Celia is a good girl; she is a responsible student and a considerate daughter. The arrival of a new classmate will open a little window through which Celia will discover a whole new world. Together with her new friend and some older girls, Celia will enter a new stage of her life: adolescence, the stage of first-times. Her body needs to experiment, try new things, and stop being a little girl, even if that entails confronting her mother and everything that meant comfort and security.
Director
Pilar Palomero
Genre
Drama, Foreign
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 37m