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‘Little Trouble Girls’ Review: A Sly, Sensual Debut Teases Out the Carnal Urges Behind a Prim Choirgirl Facade
The opener of Berlin's Perspectives competition, 'Little Trouble Girls' is a highly promising first feature from Slovenian director Urška Djukić.
Following a shy 16-year-old on a girls’ choir trip that exposes both her sexual naïveté and her deep, inchoate yearnings, this is a striking statement of intent from its Slovenian writer-director — there’s an airy delicacy here that invites comparisons to early Céline Sciamma, but with its own raw, restless edge. “Little Trouble Girls” isn’t a film of lurid provocations or sadistic punishments: Though its perspective is mostly aligned with Lucia’s tense, virginal uncertainty, Djukić and Maria Bohr retain some sympathy for Ana-Maria’s mischievous manipulations, which speak of their own innocence and tremulous teenage anxiety. Most impressive is Julij Zornik’s starkly subjective sound design, which selectively amplifies breathing, chewing or other misophonic triggers to immerse us in Lucia’s uneasy headspace, and Vlado Gojun’s crackling editing, which is likewise attuned to her antic state of mind.
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