The Fits
The Fits
“ Why fit in when you can dance to your own beat? ”
CINEMA2016-06-03
DIGITAL2016-08-16
RegionUS
Runtime72 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“A formally distinctive coming-of-age film about bodies, belonging, imitation, and the strange charge of girlhood.”
Storyline
While training at the gym, 11-year-old tomboy Toni becomes entranced with a dance troupe. As she struggles to fit in, she finds herself caught up in danger as the group begins to suffer from fainting spells and other violent fits.
DIRECTOR / Director
Anna Rose Holmer
KEYWORDS
dancetomboywoman director
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