A Girl’s Story

Director: Judith Godrèche
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Film Info

  • Origin: France
  • Runtime: 117 mins
  • Color
  • Language: French
  • Subtitles: English

While on book tour for her memoir in 2020, Annie Ernaux (Valerie Dreville) returns to her hometown of Rouen for a book signing. A sudden dizziness overcomes her when she arrives, plunging her thoughts back to the summer of 1958 when as a naïve young camp counselor, she first experienced the cruelty of other girls and the bitterness of sexual initiation. Journeying into a past she had once tried to forget, Annie reflects on the young girl she once was and the summer that changed her forever. Judith Godrèche, a major figure in the French Me Too Movement, directs her own daughter, Tess Barthélemy, in a heartbreaking, dazzling performance as young Annie.

 

A GIRL'S STORY is a Zeitgeist Films release in association with Kino Lorber and it will open in theaters in Spring 2027. To book this film please contact Nancy Gerstman or Emily Russo.

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Judith Godrèche

Actress, director, screenwriter, producer and author, Judith Godrèche has appeared in nearly fifty film projects.

She began her film career in 1981 with Nadine Trintignant’s film Next Summer, and has since gone on to take roles in cinema, television and theatre. Nominated several times for the César Awards, Godrèche has worked with many filmmakers around the world, such as Sophie Fillières, Cédric Klapisch, Emmanuel Mouret, Park Chan-Wook, Patrice Leconte, Olivier Assayas, Jerzy Skolimowski, François Ozon, Tonie Marshall, Patrick Brice, David Wain and Ovidie.

In 2010, she wrote and directed her first film, Toutes les filles pleurent, then returned behind the camera in 2023 with Icon of French Cinema, broadcasted on Arte and coproduced by A24, a series she wrote and in which she stars alongside her daughter Tess Barthélémy.

In 2024, she wrote and directed the short film Moi aussi, which opened Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival, and which featured some of the people who had written to her to share their stories about the sexual violence and harassement they had suffered.

In January 2026, she published Prière de remettre en ordre avant de quitter les lieux.

In 2026, Judith Godrèche adapted and directed A Girl’s Story, based on the novel by Annie Ernaux.

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A scene from A GIRL'S STORY, a film by Judith Godrèche. A Zeitgeist Films release in association with Kino Lorber. A scene from A GIRL'S STORY, a film by Judith Godrèche. A Zeitgeist Films release in association with Kino Lorber.
A scene from A GIRL'S STORY, a film by Judith Godrèche. A Zeitgeist Films release in association with Kino Lorber. A scene from A GIRL'S STORY, a film by Judith Godrèche. A Zeitgeist Films release in association with Kino Lorber.
A scene from A GIRL'S STORY, a film by Judith Godrèche. A Zeitgeist Films release in association with Kino Lorber. A scene from A GIRL'S STORY, a film by Judith Godrèche. A Zeitgeist Films release in association with Kino Lorber.
A scene from A GIRL'S STORY, a film by Judith Godrèche. A Zeitgeist Films release in association with Kino Lorber. A scene from A GIRL'S STORY, a film by Judith Godrèche. A Zeitgeist Films release in association with Kino Lorber.
A scene from A GIRL'S STORY, a film by Judith Godrèche. A Zeitgeist Films release in association with Kino Lorber. A scene from A GIRL'S STORY, a film by Judith Godrèche. A Zeitgeist Films release in association with Kino Lorber.
A scene from A GIRL'S STORY, a film by Judith Godrèche. A Zeitgeist Films release in association with Kino Lorber. A scene from A GIRL'S STORY, a film by Judith Godrèche. A Zeitgeist Films release in association with Kino Lorber.
A scene from A GIRL'S STORY, a film by Judith Godrèche. A Zeitgeist Films release in association with Kino Lorber. A scene from A GIRL'S STORY, a film by Judith Godrèche. A Zeitgeist Films release in association with Kino Lorber.
A scene from A GIRL'S STORY, a film by Judith Godrèche. A Zeitgeist Films release in association with Kino Lorber. A scene from A GIRL'S STORY, a film by Judith Godrèche. A Zeitgeist Films release in association with Kino Lorber.
A scene from A GIRL'S STORY, a film by Judith Godrèche. A Zeitgeist Films release in association with Kino Lorber. A scene from A GIRL'S STORY, a film by Judith Godrèche. A Zeitgeist Films release in association with Kino Lorber.

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