QUEER CINEMA CLUB #22: TOMBOY
Genre
Drama
Language
VOSTA
Duration
82
Rating
Synopsis
In February, QCCMTL continues the year with Tomboy (2011), Céline Sciamma’s luminous and deeply moving film that explores gender identity with a delicacy and emotional precision rarely seen in cinema.
Through the eyes of Laure, a 10-year-old child who uses the freedom of a summer to introduce themself to the world as Michaël, the film captures that fragile, magical moment when, for the first time, you get to try to be yourself.
Sciamma films childhood not as a metaphor, but as a real, lived space, where every gesture, every glance, every silence becomes a matter of emotional survival. The film avoids heavy-handed drama in favor of something far more precious: the intimate experience of self-discovery, in a world that does not yet know how to name us.
Tomboy is a film of radical softness, but also of great political power. Without slogans or grand speeches, it affirms the fundamental right to exist as you are, even when you’re young, vulnerable, and still in the process of figuring yourself out.
A tender, essential, deeply queer film. A work that lingers long after the credits roll, like a childhood memory you almost forgot, but that continues to shape who you are.
Poster created by ULI.
Release year
2011
Release date
February 26, 2026
Directed by
Céline Sciamma
Country
France
Actors
Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson, Sophie Cattani, Mathieu Demy