Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang

Foxfire is a French and Canadian co-production, adapted from a novel by Joyce Carol Oates, directed by Laurent Cantet. Set in the 1950s, the film revolves around a group of girls that form a gang called Foxfire. The group gets into some small-scale mischief at first, but ramps it up as they become bolder, living according to their own rules. But their new found freedom will come with a heavy price.

There have been many films set in the 50s, but Cantet wanted to try and avoid using any inspiration from other cinematic works. “The cinema of that period stylized reality and built an idealized iconography which I specifically wanted to avoid. I did however draw on documentary iconography, with from the start several reference points: photographer Joseph Sterling’s sublime book “The Age of Adolescence” (1959-1964), and Bruce Davidson photos of teenage gangs in Brooklyn.”

Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang is rated 14A.

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