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IMDb rating 7.2
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Critic Liz Beardsworth
rated 8

...Coppola has created a film more about mood than substance, evoking the girls' sexual awakening with rich hues of yellow, gold and red and stunning visuals (...) complemented perfectly by a dreamily ethereal score by the French band Air.

Read full review at Empire
ally
rated 9

This movie describes girlhood in an amazing way that no other move I've seen does. I read this book when I was like 12 and I remember thinking it was one of the best books I've ever read and so when I saw that Coppola had directed this m...

10 months ago
Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 8

...the film withholds its meaning and leaves the audience in almost the same sunlit suburban dreaminess in which it began. It looks stranger and more enigmatic than ever.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Frederik Asschenfeldt Vandrup
rated 7

Lisbon-pigernes skæbne er på alle måder gribende og tragisk, men også lige lovlig teatralsk og voldsom.

Read full review at Cinemazone
samy
rated 9

filme incrível e triste demais, a trilha sonora nem se fala

6 months ago

Cast & Crew

Sofia Coppola
Director
Michael Paré
As Adult Trip Fontaine
Danny DeVito
As Dr. Horniker
James Woods
As Mr. Lisbon
John Buchan
As John (Lydia's Boss) (uncredited)
Scott Glenn
As Father Moody
Kirsten Dunst
As Lux Lisbon

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In the 1970s, a group of neighborhood boys become infatuated with the five Lisbon sisters, who are sheltered by their strict Catholic parents. Despite their efforts to get close to the girls, they remain elusive and mysterious. When the youngest sister attempts suicide, her therapist suggests that she needs more interaction with her peers. However, her parents refuse to allow it, leading to a tragic outcome that haunts the boys for years to come. The film explores themes of adolescent longing and the suffocating nature of religious upbringing.

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The Virgin Suicides was released in theaters on May 19, 2000.