Confined to a fixed frame, the little girl speaking here illustrates both the power and the limits of speech. Words allow her to analyze the predominantly male occupation of space and to decipher why girls struggle to claim it. But soon, the pencil lines she uses to sketch this geography cover her sheet of paper, giving way to angry scribbles. Gender inequality is presented as something obvious from early childhood. The only question that remains is: how can one make oneself heard?

Olivia Cooper-Hadjian
Member of the Cinéma du Réel Selection Committee,
Critic for Les Cahiers du Cinéma

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