Follows a complex supply chain between Siberia, Japan, and the U.S. within the modeling industry. The story is told through the eyes of the scouts, agencies and a 13 year-old model.
Girl Model doesn’t attempt to mount a polemic about the sexualisation of teenagers, or the exploitation of women, but coolly observes situations where both of these processes are at work.
The filmmakers stay back, observing, for a restrained, intimate and poignant result.
Thought-provoking. Deeply unsettling.
The sense of outrage feels stymied by the miserable diet of information.
This fantastically depressing film ought to be shown in school assemblies, or wherever impressionable pre-teens gather to discuss their dreams of media stardom.
Deeply dispiriting.
General release. Check local listings for show times.