An Easy Girl

An Easy Girl (French: Une fille facile) is a 2019 French comedy film directed by Rebecca Zlotowski, starring Zahia Dehar, Mina Farid, Benoît Magimel and Nuno Lopes. Set in summertime on the French Riviera, 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]

An Easy Girl
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRebecca Zlotowski
Produced byFrédéric Jouve
Written byRebecca Zlotowski
Teddy Lussi-Modeste
StarringZahia Dehar
Mina Farid
Benoît Magimel
Nuno Lopes
CinematographyGeorge Lechaptois
Edited byGéraldine Mangenot
Production
company
Les Films Velvet
Distributed byAd Vitam
Release date
  • 20 May 2019 (2019-05-20) (Cannes)
  • 28 August 2019 (2019-08-28) (France)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$644,582[1]

Cast

Reception

The film was released onto 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 100% based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10.[6] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 85 out of 100, based on seven critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[7]

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


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