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Le teen film, c'est ma culture: Céline Sciamma and the American Teen Movie

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posted on 2024-05-30, 15:23 authored by Frances SmithFrances Smith

On the release of Naissance des pieuvres ( Water Lilies , 2007), director and screenwriter Céline Sciamma likened her tale of female sexual awakening to American sex quest romp American Pie (Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz, 1999). With Bande de filles ( Girlhood , 2014), Sciamma continues her engagement with le teen film . I examine the various ways in which Sciamma's films invoke elements of the American teen movie. I argue that Sciamma's films call to be read alongside and as examples of the transnational teen movie, thus decoupling the category from its predominant association with American cinema.

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Publication status

  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies

ISSN

2578-4919

Publisher

Project MUSE

Issue

3

Volume

63

Page range

102-127

Department affiliated with

  • Media and Film Publications

Institution

University of Sussex

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  • Yes