Ginger & Rosa

"Friendship pulled them together. Love tore them apart."

Oct 19 2012 PG-13 1h 30m
Drama

A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event the comes to redefine their relationship.

Official Trailer
Plot

London, 1962. Two teenage girls - Ginger and Rosa -- are inseparable; they play truant together, discuss religion, politics and hairstyles, and dream of lives bigger than their mothers' frustrated domesticity. But, as the Cold War meets the sexual revolution, and the threat of nuclear holocaust escalates, the lifelong friendship of the two girls is shattered - by the clash of desire and the determination to survive.

Written by

Walter Donohue, Sally Potter

Directed by

Sally Potter

Cast

Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Annette Bening

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Denmark

Production Companies

BFI, BBC Films, Adventure Films, The Match Factory, Ingenious Media, Media House Capital, Miso Film, Det Danske Filminstitut, A24

Languages

English

Awards

4 wins & 8 nominations

Trailers
Official Trailer
Featurettes
Sally Potter, Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, and Christina Hendricks of GINGER & ROSA at AFI FEST
NYFF Live | Sally Potter, "Ginger and Rosa"
Scores
# of Votes
11,956
Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
69
Popularity
NA