Ginger & Rosa

Ginger & Rosa
Ginger & Rosa
Directed by	Sally Potter
Written by	Sally Potter
Produced by	Christopher Sheppard; Andrew Litvin
Starring	Elle Fanning; Alice Englert; Alessandro Nivola; Christina Hendricks; Annette Bening
Cinematography	Robbie Ryan
Edited by	Anders Refn
Production; companies	BBC Films; British Film Institute; Det Danske Filminstitut
Distributed by	Artificial Eye (UK); A24 (US)
Release dates	7 September 2012 (Toronto); 19 October 2012 (United Kingdom); 15 March 2013 (United States);
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; Denmark; Canada; Croatia
Language	English
Box office	$1,616,973

Ginger & Rosa is a 2012 drama film written and directed by Sally Potter and distributed by Artificial Eye.^[3] The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2012,^[4] and was released on 19 October 2012 in the United Kingdom.^[5]

Plot

London, 1962. Two teenage girls – Ginger and Rosa – are inseparable. They play truant together, discuss religion, politics and hairstyles, and dream of lives bigger than their mothers' frustrated domesticity. But, as the Cold War meets the sexual revolution, and the threat of nuclear holocaust escalates in the Cuban missile crisis, the lifelong friendship of the two girls is shattered – by the clash of desire and the determination to survive:^[6]

Cast

Elle Fanning as Ginger
Alice Englert as Rosa
Alessandro Nivola as Roland
Annette Bening as May Bella
Timothy Spall as Mark
Oliver Platt as Mark II
Christina Hendricks as Natalie, Ginger's mother
Jodhi May as Anoushka
Luke Cloud as Rosa's father

Production

Ginger & Rosa shot at several locations in Kent including Dengemarsh Sound Mirrors, Lydd on Sea, Lade Beach, Greatstone, Lydd Ranges, Lydd and Queenborough on the Isle of Sheppey.^[7]

Reception

Ginger & Rosa received generally positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 79% of 101 critics gave the film a good review, with an average rating of 6.7/10 and the consensus that "Elle Fanning gives a terrific performance in this powerful coming-of-age tale about a pair of teenage girls whose friendship is unnerved by the threat of nuclear war." Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score from 1 to 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gave the film a 70 based on 24 critics indicating "generally favorable reviews." Swedish critic Pidde Andersson compared the film favourably to the films of Jean Rollin.^[8]

References

^ "GINGER & ROSA (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
^ http://www.boxoffice.com/statistics/movies/ginger-rosa-2012
^ "Films – Ginger and Rosa". BBC. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
^ Mark Olsen (September 8, 2012). "Elle Fanning tears up on screen and off with 'Ginger and Rosa'". Retrieved September 17, 2012. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
^ "Ginger and Rosa | UK Cinema Release Date". Filmdates.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
^ "Ginger & Rosa Trailer, News, Videos, and Reviews". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
^ "Ginger and Rosa (2012)". Kent Film Office. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
^ http://www.toppraffel.se/2013/08/bio-ginger-rosa.html

External links

[1] "GINGER & ROSA (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2013-03-21.

[2] ttp://www.boxoffice.com/statistics/movies/ginger-rosa-2012

[3] "Films – Ginger and Rosa". BBC. Retrieved 2012-10-06.

[4] Mark Olsen (September 8, 2012). "Elle Fanning tears up on screen and off with 'Ginger and Rosa'". Retrieved September 17, 2012. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)

[5] "Ginger and Rosa | UK Cinema Release Date". Filmdates.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-10-06.

[6] "Ginger & Rosa Trailer, News, Videos, and Reviews". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved 2012-10-06.

[7] "Ginger and Rosa (2012)". Kent Film Office. Retrieved March 23, 2013.

[8] ttp://www.toppraffel.se/2013/08/bio-ginger-rosa.html

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