Ginger & Rosa

{{Infobox film

| name = Ginger & Rosa

| image = Ginger_&_Rosa_Poster.jpg

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| director = Sally Potter

| producer = Christopher Sheppard
Andrew Litvin

| writer = Sally Potter

| starring = {{plainlist|

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| cinematography = Robbie Ryan

| editing = Anders Refn

| studio = {{plainlist|

British Film Institute
BBC Films
Adventure Pictures
The Match Factory
Ingenious
Media House Capital
Miso Film
Danish Film Institute

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| distributor = {{plainlist|

Artificial Eye
(United Kingdom)
Universal Pictures
(Denmark)
Union Pictures
(Canada)

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| released = {{Film date|df=y|2012|09|07|Toronto|2012|10|19|United Kingdom|2013|03|15|United States|2013|03|29|Canada|2013|04|11|Denmark}}

| runtime = 90 minutes{{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}}

| country = United Kingdom
Denmark
Canada{{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 }}

| language = English

| budget =

| gross = $1.7 million{{cite web |title=Ginger & Rosa |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2115295/ |website=Box Office Mojo}}

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Ginger & Rosa is a 2012 coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Sally Potter and distributed by Artificial Eye.{{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}} The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2012,{{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}} and was released on 19 October 2012 in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmdates.co.uk/films/4379-ginger-and-rosa/ |title=Ginger and Rosa | UK Cinema Release Date |publisher=Filmdates.co.uk |access-date=6 October 2012}}

Plot

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

Elle Fanning as Ginger
Alice Englert as Rosa
Alessandro Nivola as Roland, Ginger's father
Christina Hendricks as Natalie, Ginger's mother
Jodhi May as Anoushka, Rosa's mother
Luke Cloud as Rosa's father
Timothy Spall as Mark
Oliver Platt as Mark II
Annette Bening as May Bella

Production

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.{{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}} The film is dedicated: "In loving memory of Caroline Potter (1930-2010)" who was the director's mother.

Release

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

= 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 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."{{cite web |title=Ginger & Rosa (2013)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ginger_and_rosa |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=2020-05-04 }} On Metacritic, the film has a score of 69 out of 100 based on reviews from 26 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".{{cite web |title=Ginger & Rosa|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/ginger-rosa |website=Metacritic |access-date=2020-05-04 }}

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."{{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 }} 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."{{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}}

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."{{cite web |date=2013 |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |title=Ginger and Rosa movie review & film summary (2013) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ginger-and-rosa-2013 |website=Chicago Sun-Times }}

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."{{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 }}

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."{{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}}

Swedish critic Pidde Andersson compared the film favourably to the films of Jean Rollin.{{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}}

= Accolades =

Year ! Award ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result
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2012	Abu Dhabi Film Festival	Best Narrative Film	rowspan=3\|Sally Potter	{{nom}}
2012	London Film Festival{{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}}	Best Film	{{nom}}
2012	rowspan=2\|Valladolid International Film Festival	Best Film	{{nom}}
2012	Best Actress	Elle Fanning	{{won}}
2012	Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival	Special Mention	Sally Potter	{{won}}
rowspan=3\|2012	rowspan=3\|British Independent Film Awards	Best Actress	Elle Fanning	{{nom}}
Best Supporting Actress	Alice Englert	{{nom}}
Best Cinematography	Robbie Ryan	{{nom}}
2012	Broadcast Film Critics Association{{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}}	Best Young Performer	rowspan=3\|Elle Fanning	{{nom}}
2012	Santa Barbara International Film Festival	Virtuoso Award	{{won}}
2013	rowspan=2\|Women Film Critics Circle	Best Young Actress	{{nom}}
2013	Best Female Ensemble	Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Jodhi May, Christina Hendricks, Annette Bening	{{won}}