Meisje (Girl), 2002

MURIEL

Mum, don’t you think I look pale?

MARTHA

Now that you live in the city, you are a little paler, yes.

MURIEL

No, I was always pale. And skinny. I feel so ugly.

MARTHA

But you're beautiful!

MURIEL

Mothers always think their children are beautiful, that doesn't count.

Synopsis: Girl tells the story of three women on a crossroads in their lives.

Cast: Charlotte Vanden Eynde * Matthias Schoenaerts * Els Dottermans * Frieda Pittoors * Nico Sturm * Wim Opbrouck * Dirk van Dijck * Alice Toen * Jos Verbist

Year:2002 | Length:90’| format:35mm |

Language:Dutch | Subtitles:Eng & Fr

Screenplay: Dorothée van den Berghe

Director: Dorothée van den Berghe

DOP: Jan Vancaillie

Editor: Menno Boerema

Music: Daan Stuyven

Production: Lumière Productie

K-line

Co-production: Motel Films

Producers: Jan De Clercq

Dominique Janne

Co-producers: Jeroen Beker

Frans Van Gestel

Sound: Dirk Bombey

Griet Van Reeth

Marco Vermaas

Art director: Johan Van Essche

Costume designer: Ann Weckx

Make-up: Diana Dreesen

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Festivals:

*Locarno Filmfestival 2002/“Le prix de la Jeunesse” & “Le prix du CICAE/ARTE”.

* Amiens Film Festival Grand prix du jury.

*Best female actress for Charlotte Vanden Eynde as Muriel in Meisje.

*National Film Awards PLATEAU for best actress and best music.

*Rabat Film Festival prix de la mise en scène.

Press:

*De Standaard:

“Girl is a very strong, sensitive but also funny and above all subtle portrait of four women in search of love and self-respect”.

*NRC Handelsblad:

"By catching her actresses in their most intimate moments, we get to know their characters better. That incredible tenacity, sometimes harshness of direction and the courage of the actresses make Girl such an exceptional film."

*Trouw:

"Beautiful is how director Dorothée van den Berghe uses the dingy living rooms and the rainy, neglected streets of old Brussels as a backdrop for this still undefined, mousy existence (of Muriël). Without her film becoming truly depressing for a single moment, by the way".

*De Telegraaf:

"Girl, in its simple ordinariness, is a shining gem about three generations of women searching for balance in their lives."

*P-Magazine:

"This is undeniably a women's film. And perhaps the best Flemish film of the year, regardless of the viewer's gender".