Ginger & Rosa

Director
Sally Potter
Country
United kingdom
Year
2012
Genre
Drama
Scriptwriters
Sally Potter
Cast
Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Annette Bening
Production
Adventure Pictures, BBC Films, British Film Institute (BFI)

Storyline

A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event the comes to redefine their relationship.

London, 1962. Two teenage girls - Ginger and Rosa -- are inseparable; they play truant together, discuss religion, politics and hairstyles, and dream of lives bigger than their mothers' frustrated domesticity. But, as the Cold War meets the sexual revolution, and the threat of nuclear holocaust escalates, the lifelong friendship of the two girls is shattered - by the clash of desire and the determination to survive.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) 2015
Singular Female Past
BFI London Film Festival 2012
Nominated, Best Film
Sally Potter

Releases

United kingdom (19 of October 2012)