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| runtime = 90 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 89:58--><ref>{{cite web |title=''GINGER & ROSA'' (12A) |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/ginger-rosa-film |work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=4 September 2012|accessdate=21 March 2013}}</ref>
| runtime = 90 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 89:58--><ref>{{cite web |title=''Ginger & Rosa'' (12A) |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/ginger-rosa-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0znjcwmza |work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=4 September 2012|accessdate=21 March 2013}}</ref>
| country = United Kingdom <br />Denmark <br />Canada<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/50c30a19b5717 |title=Ginger & Rosa (2012) |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=16 July 2017 }}</ref>
| country = United Kingdom <br />Denmark <br />Canada<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/50c30a19b5717 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221211255/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/50c30a19b5717 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 February 2017 |title=Ginger & Rosa (2012) |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=16 July 2017 }}</ref>
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'''''Ginger & Rosa''''' is a 2012 [[drama film]] written and directed by [[Sally Potter]] and distributed by [[Artificial Eye]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/film/ginger_and_rosa |title=Films – Ginger and Rosa |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref> The film premiered at the [[2012 Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto International Film Festival]] on 7 September 2012,<ref>{{cite news | author=Mark Olsen|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-elle-fanning-tears-up-onscreen-and-off-with-ginger-and-rosa-20120908,0,6766746.story | title=Elle Fanning tears up on screen and off with 'Ginger and Rosa'| date=8 September 2012 | accessdate=17 September 2012 | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] }}</ref> and was released on 19 October 2012 in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4379-ginger-and-rosa/ |title=Ginger and Rosa &#124; UK Cinema Release Date |publisher=Filmdates.co.uk |access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref>
'''''Ginger & Rosa''''' is a 2012 [[coming-of-age]] [[drama film]] written and directed by [[Sally Potter]] and distributed by [[Curzon Film|Artificial Eye]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Films – Ginger and Rosa |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/film/ginger_and_rosa |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123024831/https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/film/ginger_and_rosa |archive-date=23 November 2012 |access-date=6 October 2012 |website=[[BBC]]}}</ref> The film premiered at the [[2012 Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto International Film Festival]] on 7 September 2012,<ref>{{cite news |author=Olsen |first=Mark |date=8 September 2012 |title=Elle Fanning tears up on screen and off with 'Ginger and Rosa' |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-elle-fanning-tears-up-onscreen-and-off-with-ginger-and-rosa-20120908,0,6766746.story |accessdate=17 September 2012}}</ref> and was released on 19 October 2012 in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4379-ginger-and-rosa/ |title=Ginger and Rosa &#124; UK Cinema Release Date |publisher=Filmdates.co.uk |access-date=6 October 2012}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
{{Long plot|date=September 2020}}
In 1945, teenager Nat is giving birth in a hospital bed. Whilst she is in labour, Anoushka—the pregnant woman in the next bed—reaches out and takes her hand, beginning a lifelong friendship. Nat's daughter, Ginger, and Anoushka's daughter, Rosa, grow up and become close friends. Rosa's father leaves whilst she's still a child, profoundly affecting her view of relationships.


Nat and Anoushka give birth, as they hold hands, to two girls named Ginger and Rosa. Ginger and Rosa grow to become best friends and by 1962, the two are inseparable. Ginger is a compassionate girl with a desire to help the world and Rosa is a passionate young girl with a wild and an almost ungovernable personality. After hearing about the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] on the radio, Ginger becomes interested in the [[Anti-nuclear movement|anti-nuclear movement]]. She expresses her concerns about the dangers of nuclear devastation to Rosa, who attempts to comfort her by taking her to church. Ginger finds validation for her ideas through a group of older activists: Mark 1 ([[Timothy Spall]]), Mark 2 ([[Oliver Platt]]), and Bella.
By 1962, 17-year-old Ginger and Rosa are spending all their time together, and even dressing the same. Rosa begins drinking and behaving promiscuously. Nat disapproves of their friendship, as she thinks Rosa is a bad influence. Ginger's father, Roland, takes the opposite view to Nat and encourages his daughter's wildness and independence. Roland and Nat are having trouble in their marriage and have broken up often in the past. Roland is an attractive, free-spirited professor who is implied to have been unfaithful several times. Meanwhile, Nat gave up a possible career as a painter to raise Ginger, and often feels resentful and bored.


An argument over dinner appears to be the catalyst for Roland and Nat to separate. Soon after, Ginger discovers her mother Nat has been asking the school to have more "domestic science" courses so that Ginger is more "prepared for life" than she had been. When Ginger discovers this, she is outraged and tells her mother that she will never have children. Ginger moves out and begins to live with her father. But he has started a relationship with Rosa, which deeply disturbs Ginger, especially after Rosa tells her that she thinks she is pregnant. Ginger is devastated and runs off to a protest rally, where she is arrested.
Rosa and Ginger attend different schools, due to Rosa failing the [[eleven-plus]] exam, which Ginger passed. However, they often skip school to spend time together, and Ginger's grades suffer as a result. Ginger, who dreams of being a poet, starts to become interested in the anti-nuclear movement and attends rally meetings. Despite her wild behaviour, Rosa is a practising Catholic, and she takes Ginger to church so they can pray for the world together. During this time, Ginger is supported emotionally by her two godfathers, who are both named "Mark". She also befriends an older woman named Bella who encourages her anti-nuclear sympathies.


After being questioned by a psychiatrist and returning home, Ginger expresses her anxious concerns about the end of the world. Her anxiety is really about her father and Rosa's affair, which she suddenly tells her mother. Rosa and her mother arrive.<!-- come to Nat's house? It's unclear where they have 'arrived'--> After seeing Rosa clutch her stomach, Nat realizes she's pregnant and runs upstairs.
Soon after this, Ginger's parents break up after an argument over dinner. Roland moves out and enjoys his independent, bohemian lifestyle more. Nat visits Ginger's school and suggests that the school ought to offer more "Domestic Science" classes, which one of the teachers informs Ginger of. Nat believes that her daughter will eventually become a housewife, and she wants Ginger to be better prepared than she herself was. Ginger and Nat argue over this, and Ginger moves in with her father.


Ginger and Mark <!--who is this? -->quickly follow her, but find she locked her door. They call Roland, who breaks the door in, and they find that Nat has taken an overdose. They rush the still conscious woman to the hospital. Rosa pleads with Ginger to forgive her.
Rosa begins spending more time with Roland after a boat trip the three take together, following which she writes him a letter telling him she understands his pain. After Ginger has moved in with him, Rosa begins a relationship with him. Ginger is disturbed by the romance between her father and best friend. She is tempted to leave Roland's home and move back in with her mother, but she changes her mind after seeing Nat is happy and has begun painting again. Roland knows his behaviour is making his daughter unhappy, but while he sympathises with her sadness, he does not stop the affair. Rosa believes that she and Roland will have everlasting love, but Ginger tells her she will end up like Nat, with Roland leaving her when she gets old. Rosa tells Ginger that she thinks she's pregnant. Ginger is devastated and runs off to a protest rally, where she is arrested. In the prison, a psychiatrist comes in to talk with her, but she won't speak. He tells the two Marks and Bella that he believes her protest activity is a cover, and that he believes she has a severe mental illness. Mark II says that on the contrary, she is quite sane.


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As Roland and Ginger wait for Nat at the hospital, Ginger writes a letter to Rosa, in the form of a poem. In it, she discusses their friendship and differing outlooks, pointing out that Rosa dreams of "everlasting love", while Ginger "loves this world". The poem ends on a hopeful note: Ginger tells Rosa that if everything works out, there will be nothing to forgive, but she'll forgive her anyway. Roland apologises to his daughter Ginger, but she turns away and continues to write.
Roland and Nat and their family friends confront Ginger, who reveals that she has a terrible fear that the world is going to end. In reality, Ginger's growing worries about the world are masking her greater fear of what's happening between Roland and Rosa. As Ginger blurts out the truth of the affair, Nat is devastated. Ginger's two godfathers confront Roland and accuse him of acting irresponsibly towards his daughter, but he replies that Ginger is an independent adult. They try to show Roland that Ginger still needs a responsible father figure.

Rosa and her mother then arrive at the house, where Nat confronts Rosa. Seeing Rosa clutch her stomach, Nat deduces that she's pregnant and runs upstairs. Ginger and Mark follow her, but she has locked the door. They call Roland, who breaks the door in, and they find that Nat, though still conscious, has taken an overdose, she is then rushed to hospital. Rosa asks Ginger to forgive her, but Ginger doesn't answer, simply walking off instead.

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As Roland and Ginger wait for news of Nat in the hospital, Ginger writes a letter to Rosa, in the form of a poem. In it, she discusses their friendship and differing outlooks, pointing out that Rosa dreams of "everlasting love", whilst Ginger "loves this world". The poem ends on a hopeful note: Ginger tells Rosa that if everything works out, then there will be nothing to forgive, but she'll forgive her anyway. Roland awakens from his slumber on the bench next to Ginger's one and apologises to her saying he is sorry. Ginger turns away from him and continues writing her poem to Rosa.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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==Production==
==Production==
''Ginger & Rosa'' shot at several locations in Kent including [[Denge Marsh]] [[acoustic mirror]]s at [[RAF Denge]], [[Lydd-on-Sea]], [[Lade, Kent|Lade]] Beach, [[Greatstone-on-Sea]], [[Lydd Ranges]], [[Lydd]], and [[Queenborough]] on the [[Isle of Sheppey]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kentfilmoffice.co.uk/2012/10/ginger-and-rosa-2012/ |work=Kent Film Office |title=Ginger and Rosa (2012) |access-date=23 March 2013}}</ref> The film is dedicated: "In loving memory of Caroline Potter (1930-2010)" who was the director's mother.
''Ginger & Rosa'' shot at several locations in Kent including [[Denge Marsh]] [[acoustic mirror]]s at [[RAF Denge]], [[Lydd-on-Sea]], [[Lade, Kent|Lade]] Beach, [[Greatstone-on-Sea]], [[Lydd Ranges]], [[Lydd]], and [[Queenborough]] on the [[Isle of Sheppey]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kentfilmoffice.co.uk/2012/10/ginger-and-rosa-2012/ |work=Kent Film Office |title=Ginger and Rosa (2012) |date=17 October 2012 |access-date=23 March 2013}}</ref> The film is dedicated: "In loving memory of Caroline Potter (1930-2010)" who was the director's mother.


== Release ==
== Release ==
The film was released in [[Limited theatrical release|select theaters]] in the United States on March 15, 2015 by [[A24]]. It later received a [[Video on demand|VOD]] and DVD-exclusive release in the United States by [[Lionsgate Home Entertainment|Lions Gate Home Entertainment]].
The film was released in [[Limited theatrical release|select theaters]] in the United States on March 15, 2013 by [[A24]]. It later received a [[Video on demand|VOD]] and DVD-exclusive release in the United States by [[Lionsgate Home Entertainment|Lions Gate Home Entertainment]].


== Reception ==
== Reception ==
=== Critical response ===
=== Critical response ===
''Ginger & Rosa'' received generally positive reviews from critics. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] the film has an approval rating of 78% based on reviews from 114 critics, with an average rating of 6.74/10. The site's consensus is that "Elle Fanning gives a terrific performance in this powerful coming-of-age tale about a pair of teenage girls whose friendship is unnerved by the threat of nuclear war."<ref>{{cite web |title=Ginger & Rosa (2013) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ginger_and_rosa |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=2020-05-04 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 69 out of 100 based on reviews from 26 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews."<ref>{{cite web |title=Ginger & Rosa |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/ginger-rosa |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=2020-05-04 }}</ref>
''Ginger & Rosa'' received generally positive reviews from critics. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] the film has an approval rating of 78% based on reviews from 113 critics, with an average rating of 6.70/10. The site's consensus is that "Elle Fanning gives a terrific performance in this powerful coming-of-age tale about a pair of teenage girls whose friendship is unnerved by the threat of nuclear war."<ref>{{cite web |title=''Ginger & Rosa (2013)''|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ginger_and_rosa |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=2020-05-04 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 69 out of 100 based on reviews from 26 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web |title=''Ginger & Rosa''|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/ginger-rosa |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=2020-05-04 }}</ref>


[[A.O. Scott]] of the ''[[New York Times]]'' praised Fanning for her performance: "Ms. Fanning, who is younger than her character, shows a nearly [[Meryl Streep|Streepian]] mixture of poise, intensity and technical precision. It is frightening how good she is and hard to imagine anything she could not do."<ref>{{cite web |date=14 March 2013 |last=Scott |first=A. O. |author-link=A. O. Scott |title=Ticking Bomb in Their Friendship |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/movies/ginger-rosa-starring-elle-fanning-and-alice-englert.html |website=[[The New York Times]] }}</ref> [[Ty Burr]], film critic for ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', praised her "luminous naturalism that seems the opposite of performance" and felt that "Fanning easily convinces you of Ginger's emotional reality."<ref>{{cite news|last=Burr|first=Ty|title=Elle Fanning makes 'Ginger & Rosa' dance|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/movies/2013/03/21/movie-review-ginger-rosa/1wXAbw0wzc2OpwHldhRYJI/story.html|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=March 21, 2013}}</ref>
[[A.O. Scott]] of the ''[[New York Times]]'' praised Fanning for her performance: "Ms. Fanning, who is younger than her character, shows a nearly [[Meryl Streep|Streepian]] mixture of poise, intensity and technical precision. It is frightening how good she is and hard to imagine anything she could not do."<ref>{{cite web |date=14 March 2013 |last=Scott |first=A. O. |author-link=A. O. Scott |title=Ticking Bomb in Their Friendship |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/movies/ginger-rosa-starring-elle-fanning-and-alice-englert.html |website=[[The New York Times]] }}</ref> [[Ty Burr]], film critic for ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', praised her "luminous naturalism that seems the opposite of performance" and felt that "Fanning easily convinces you of Ginger's emotional reality."<ref>{{cite news|last=Burr|first=Ty|title=Elle Fanning makes 'Ginger & Rosa' dance|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/movies/2013/03/21/movie-review-ginger-rosa/1wXAbw0wzc2OpwHldhRYJI/story.html|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=March 21, 2013}}</ref>
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[[Peter Bradshaw]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote: "This is a teenage movie that could in other hands have been precious; instead it has delicacy and intelligence."<ref>{{cite web |date=18 October 2012 |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Bradshaw |title=Ginger & Rosa – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/oct/18/ginger-and-rosa-review |website=[[The Guardian]] }}</ref>
[[Peter Bradshaw]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote: "This is a teenage movie that could in other hands have been precious; instead it has delicacy and intelligence."<ref>{{cite web |date=18 October 2012 |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Bradshaw |title=Ginger & Rosa – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/oct/18/ginger-and-rosa-review |website=[[The Guardian]] }}</ref>


Peter Debruge of [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']] wrote: ""Potter seems at a loss to communicate the ideas behind her agonizingly elliptical picture, leaving auds to marvel at the gorgeous cinematography and scarlet-red hair of its heroine, earnestly played by Elle Fanning in a project undeserving of her talents."<ref>{{cite web |date=1 September 2012 |last=Debruge |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Debruge |title=Ginger & Rosa |url=https://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/ginger-rosa-1117948151/ |website=Variety }}</ref>
Peter Debruge of [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']] wrote: ""Potter seems at a loss to communicate the ideas behind her agonizingly elliptical picture, leaving auds to marvel at the gorgeous cinematography and scarlet-red hair of its heroine, earnestly played by Elle Fanning in a project undeserving of her talents."<ref>{{cite web |last=Debruge |first=Peter |date=1 September 2012 |title=Ginger & Rosa |url=https://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/ginger-rosa-1117948151/ |website=Variety}}</ref>


Swedish critic Pidde Andersson compared the film favourably to the films of [[Jean Rollin]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Andersson |first=Pidde |title=Bio: Ginger & Rosa |url=http://www.toppraffel.se/2013/08/bio-ginger-rosa.html |language=sv}}</ref>
Swedish critic Pidde Andersson compared the film favourably to the films of [[Jean Rollin]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Andersson |first=Pidde |title=Bio: Ginger & Rosa |date=10 August 2013 |url=http://www.toppraffel.se/2013/08/bio-ginger-rosa.html |language=sv}}</ref>


=== Accolades ===
=== Accolades ===
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| 2012 || [[Abu Dhabi Film Festival]] || Best Narrative Film || rowspan=3|[[Sally Potter]] || {{nom}}
| 2012 || [[Abu Dhabi Film Festival]] || Best Narrative Film || rowspan=3|[[Sally Potter]] || {{nom}}
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| [[2012 BFI London Film Festival Awards|2012]] || [[London Film Festival]] || Best Film || {{nom}}
| [[2012 BFI London Film Festival Awards|2012]] || [[London Film Festival]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=ginger and rosa awards |url=http://www.uglyducklingfilms.com/ginger-and-rosa-awards |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=uglyduckling films |language=en-US}}</ref>|| Best Film || {{nom}}
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| 2012 || rowspan=2|[[Valladolid International Film Festival]] || Best Film || {{nom}}
| 2012 || rowspan=2|[[Valladolid International Film Festival]] || Best Film || {{nom}}
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| 2012 || [[Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival]] || Special Mention || [[Sally Potter]] || {{won}}
| 2012 || [[Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival]] || Special Mention || [[Sally Potter]] || {{won}}
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| rowspan=3|[[British Independent Film Awards 2012|2012]] || rowspan=3|[[British Independent Film Awards]] || [[BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film|Best Actress]] || [[Elle Fanning]] || {{nom}}
| rowspan=3|[[British Independent Film Awards 2012|2012]] || rowspan=3|[[British Independent Film Awards]]<ref name=":0" />|| [[BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film|Best Actress]] || [[Elle Fanning]] || {{nom}}
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| [[BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] || [[Alice Englert]] || {{nom}}
| [[BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] || [[Alice Englert]] || {{nom}}
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| [[British Independent Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] || [[Robbie Ryan (cinematographer)|Robbie Ryan]] || {{nom}}
| [[British Independent Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] || [[Robbie Ryan (cinematographer)|Robbie Ryan]] || {{nom}}
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| [[18th Critics' Choice Awards|2012]] || [[Critics' Choice Movie Awards|Broadcast Film Critics Association]] || [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer|Best Young Performer]] || rowspan=3|[[Elle Fanning]] || {{nom}}
| [[18th Critics' Choice Awards|2012]] || [[Critics' Choice Movie Awards|Broadcast Film Critics Association]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ginger & Rosa |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/ginger-and-rosa/2000303910/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>|| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer|Best Young Performer]] || rowspan=3|[[Elle Fanning]] || {{nom}}
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| 2012 || [[Santa Barbara International Film Festival]] || Virtuoso Award || {{won}}
| 2012 || [[Santa Barbara International Film Festival]]<ref name=":0" />|| Virtuoso Award || {{won}}
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| 2013 || rowspan=2|[[Women Film Critics Circle]] || Best Young Actress || {{nom}}
| 2013 || rowspan=2|[[Women Film Critics Circle]]<ref name=":0" />|| Best Young Actress || {{nom}}
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| 2013 || Best Female Ensemble || [[Elle Fanning]], [[Alice Englert]], [[Jodhi May]], <br/>[[Christina Hendricks]], [[Annette Bening]] || {{won}}
| 2013 || Best Female Ensemble || [[Elle Fanning]], [[Alice Englert]], [[Jodhi May]], <br/>[[Christina Hendricks]], [[Annette Bening]] || {{won}}
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|2115295|Ginger & Rosa}}
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Ginger & Rosa
Directed bySally Potter
Written bySally Potter
Produced byChristopher Sheppard
Andrew Litvin
Starring
CinematographyRobbie Ryan
Edited byAnders Refn
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 7 September 2012 (2012-09-07) (Toronto)
  • 19 October 2012 (2012-10-19) (United Kingdom)
  • 15 March 2013 (2013-03-15) (United States)
  • 29 March 2013 (2013-03-29) (Canada)
  • 11 April 2013 (2013-04-11) (Denmark)
Running time
90 minutes[1]
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Denmark
Canada[2]
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.7 million[3]

Ginger & Rosa is a 2012 coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Sally Potter and distributed by Artificial Eye.[4] The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2012,[5] and was released on 19 October 2012 in the United Kingdom.[6]

Plot

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Nat and Anoushka give birth, as they hold hands, to two girls named Ginger and Rosa. Ginger and Rosa grow to become best friends and by 1962, the two are inseparable. Ginger is a compassionate girl with a desire to help the world and Rosa is a passionate young girl with a wild and an almost ungovernable personality. After hearing about the Cuban Missile Crisis on the radio, Ginger becomes interested in the anti-nuclear movement. She expresses her concerns about the dangers of nuclear devastation to Rosa, who attempts to comfort her by taking her to church. Ginger finds validation for her ideas through a group of older activists: Mark 1 (Timothy Spall), Mark 2 (Oliver Platt), and Bella.

An argument over dinner appears to be the catalyst for Roland and Nat to separate. Soon after, Ginger discovers her mother Nat has been asking the school to have more "domestic science" courses so that Ginger is more "prepared for life" than she had been. When Ginger discovers this, she is outraged and tells her mother that she will never have children. Ginger moves out and begins to live with her father. But he has started a relationship with Rosa, which deeply disturbs Ginger, especially after Rosa tells her that she thinks she is pregnant. Ginger is devastated and runs off to a protest rally, where she is arrested.

After being questioned by a psychiatrist and returning home, Ginger expresses her anxious concerns about the end of the world. Her anxiety is really about her father and Rosa's affair, which she suddenly tells her mother. Rosa and her mother arrive. After seeing Rosa clutch her stomach, Nat realizes she's pregnant and runs upstairs.

Ginger and Mark quickly follow her, but find she locked her door. They call Roland, who breaks the door in, and they find that Nat has taken an overdose. They rush the still conscious woman to the hospital. Rosa pleads with Ginger to forgive her.

As Roland and Ginger wait for Nat at the hospital, Ginger writes a letter to Rosa, in the form of a poem. In it, she discusses their friendship and differing outlooks, pointing out that Rosa dreams of "everlasting love", while Ginger "loves this world". The poem ends on a hopeful note: Ginger tells Rosa that if everything works out, there will be nothing to forgive, but she'll forgive her anyway. Roland apologises to his daughter Ginger, but she turns away and continues to write.

Cast

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Production

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Ginger & Rosa shot at several locations in Kent including Denge Marsh acoustic mirrors at RAF Denge, Lydd-on-Sea, Lade Beach, Greatstone-on-Sea, Lydd Ranges, Lydd, and Queenborough on the Isle of Sheppey.[7] The film is dedicated: "In loving memory of Caroline Potter (1930-2010)" who was the director's mother.

Release

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The film was released in select theaters in the United States on March 15, 2013 by A24. It later received a VOD and DVD-exclusive release in the United States by Lions Gate Home Entertainment.

Reception

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Critical response

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Ginger & Rosa received generally positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 78% based on reviews from 113 critics, with an average rating of 6.70/10. The site's consensus is that "Elle Fanning gives a terrific performance in this powerful coming-of-age tale about a pair of teenage girls whose friendship is unnerved by the threat of nuclear war."[8] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 69 out of 100 based on reviews from 26 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[9]

A.O. Scott of the New York Times praised Fanning for her performance: "Ms. Fanning, who is younger than her character, shows a nearly Streepian mixture of poise, intensity and technical precision. It is frightening how good she is and hard to imagine anything she could not do."[10] Ty Burr, film critic for The Boston Globe, praised her "luminous naturalism that seems the opposite of performance" and felt that "Fanning easily convinces you of Ginger's emotional reality."[11] Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times gave it 3 out of 4 and wrote: "It's a portrait of a time and place, characters keeping company around a simple kitchen table, and the helplessness adolescents feel when faced with the priorities of those in power. What I'll take away from it is the knowledge that now the Fannings have given us two actresses of such potential."[12] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian wrote: "This is a teenage movie that could in other hands have been precious; instead it has delicacy and intelligence."[13]

Peter Debruge of Variety wrote: ""Potter seems at a loss to communicate the ideas behind her agonizingly elliptical picture, leaving auds to marvel at the gorgeous cinematography and scarlet-red hair of its heroine, earnestly played by Elle Fanning in a project undeserving of her talents."[14]

Swedish critic Pidde Andersson compared the film favourably to the films of Jean Rollin.[15]

Accolades

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2012 Abu Dhabi Film Festival Best Narrative Film Sally Potter Nominated
2012 London Film Festival[16] Best Film Nominated
2012 Valladolid International Film Festival Best Film Nominated
2012 Best Actress Elle Fanning Won
2012 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Special Mention Sally Potter Won
2012 British Independent Film Awards[16] Best Actress Elle Fanning Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Alice Englert Nominated
Best Cinematography Robbie Ryan Nominated
2012 Broadcast Film Critics Association[17] Best Young Performer Elle Fanning Nominated
2012 Santa Barbara International Film Festival[16] Virtuoso Award Won
2013 Women Film Critics Circle[16] Best Young Actress Nominated
2013 Best Female Ensemble Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Jodhi May,
Christina Hendricks, Annette Bening		 Won

References

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  1. ^ "Ginger & Rosa (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Ginger & Rosa (2012)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Ginger & Rosa". Box Office Mojo.
  4. ^ "Films – Ginger and Rosa". BBC. Archived from the original on 23 November 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  5. ^ Olsen, Mark (8 September 2012). "Elle Fanning tears up on screen and off with 'Ginger and Rosa'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Ginger and Rosa | UK Cinema Release Date". Filmdates.co.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Ginger and Rosa (2012)". Kent Film Office. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  8. ^ "Ginger & Rosa (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Ginger & Rosa". Metacritic. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  10. ^ Scott, A. O. (14 March 2013). "Ticking Bomb in Their Friendship". The New York Times.
  11. ^ Burr, Ty (21 March 2013). "Elle Fanning makes 'Ginger & Rosa' dance". The Boston Globe.
  12. ^ Ebert, Roger (2013). "Ginger and Rosa movie review & film summary (2013)". Chicago Sun-Times.
  13. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (18 October 2012). "Ginger & Rosa – review". The Guardian.
  14. ^ Debruge, Peter (1 September 2012). "Ginger & Rosa". Variety.
  15. ^ Andersson, Pidde (10 August 2013). "Bio: Ginger & Rosa" (in Swedish).
  16. ^ a b c d "ginger and rosa awards". uglyduckling films. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  17. ^ "Ginger & Rosa". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
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