''Schoolgirls'' (also known as ''The Girls''; es, Las niñas, links=no) is a 2020 Spanish

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film written and directed by

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, starring Andrea Fandos and

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. The film won the

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, along with

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and

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for Palomero, and

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for Daniela Cajías, from a total of nine nominations, at the

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. Cajías became the first woman to win the Cinematography Goya. At the

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, the film won Best Drama Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay from a total of six nominations.

Plot

Celia, an 11-year-old girl, studies at a nuns' school in Spain in 1992. Celia is a good girl: a responsible student and a considerate daughter. The arrival of a new classmate opens a small window through which Celia discovers a whole new world. Together with her new friend and some older girls, Celia enters a new stage of her life: adolescence, a period of firsts. She feels the need to experiment, try new things, and stop being a little girl, even if that entails confronting her mother and everything that once meant comfort and security.

Cast

Reception

''Schoolgirls'' received positive reviews from film critics. It holds a 90% approval rating on review aggregator website

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based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10.

Awards

''Schoolgirls'' won the Jury Prize in Directors' Week at the 2020

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