Little Trouble Girls
Kaj ti je deklica
Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia | 2025 | 90 min
Language: Slovene
Subtitles: English
Suitable for audiences aged 12 and above
Director(s): Urška Djukić
Script: Urška Djukić, Marina Gumzi
Cast: Jara Sofija Ostan, Mina Švajger, Saša Tabaković, Nataša Burger, Staša Popović, Mateja Strle, Saša Pavček, Lotos Vincenc Sparovec, Spela Frlic, Brane Zavrsan, Mattia Casson
Production: SPOK Films
Distribution: Heretic
Drama | Coming of Age
Female Director Youth Queer Summer Vibes Religion Debut Troublesome Desires Community Music Critics Choice Softies
Screenings:
Sixteen-year-old Slovenian girl Lucia joins a new Catholic choir group, with whom she embarks on a training trip to a monastery in Italy. During the journey, Lucia grows closer to Ava-Maria and begins to confront awakening, forbidden desires. While the other girls seem to have already experienced everything, the quiet and timid Lucia undergoes an internal struggle between the divine and the earthly. The film’s mesmerizing and sensual scenes play with sexuality, sin, and Catholic aesthetics in a way that deliciously echoes Madonna’s music video Like a Prayer.
Little Trouble Girls won Best Cinematography at the Tribeca Film Festival. Its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival earned it the FIPRESCI Prize from the International Federation of Film Critics.
Jemina Nyman