Something to watch tonight: Wednesday 13 December
Tomboy (Sciamma, 2011)
From my collection of original writing from 2011, here’s a review of one of the most influential films of the decade.
Sciamma has already been featured in these pages thanks to Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
Much more subtle, much more open to interpretation, is Céline Sciamma’s quiet little puzzle Tomboy. Ten year old Laure (Zoé Héran) moves with her parent…



