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Grande fille!

Directed by Hélène Choquette
Canada, 2014 (documentary, 52 minutes, colour, French)
Also known as "Little Big Girls"
Grande fille!
Image: © National Film Board of Canada
Video (National Film Board of Canada)
Video (National Film Board of Canada) [French]

Film Description:
"The documentary Little Big Girls by director Hélène Choquette sheds light on the phenomenon of early-onset puberty. Today, it isn't unusual to see the earliest signs of puberty in girls younger than the age of 9, though this was not the case a few decades ago. The result, inevitably, is a disconnect between the girls' physical and emotional maturity. Far from being a marginal issue, early-onset puberty is fast becoming a worldwide public health concern. A number of causes are suspected: Could obesity and exposure to environmental contaminants, for instance, be to blame? While the causes may still be misunderstood, the physical, psychological and psychosocial repercussions on young girls going through this change so early are all too visible. Little Big Girls alerts us to the need to adapt, as a society, so as to minimize the impact of this phenomenon on our children."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Hélène Choquette
Produced by: Nathalie Cloutier, Mélanie Lasnier, Colette Loumède
Narrator: Catherine Trudeau
Participants: Laurence Boulanger, Sandrine D'Amours-Licatesse, Virginie D'Amours-Licatesse, Julie Garand, Marie-Michèle Hamel, Anik Magny, Michèle Rouleau, Camille Rouleau-Mailloux, Éve-Marie Roy, Marie-Audrey Roy, Frank Biro, Céline Huot, Anders Juuls, Caroline Leblanc, Heather Patisaul, Line Tremblay, Éloi Bataille, Justin Bonin, Élisa Bussing, Éloïse Djogbenou, Anaël Quesada
Cinematography: Joël Provencher
Animation: Brigitte Archambault, Fred Casia, Eva Cvijanovic, Élise Simard
Film Editing: Mélanie Chicoine
Music: Jérôme Minière
Production Company: Office national du film du Canada / National Film Board of Canada
Additional Credits: Voix [Voice] : Nathalie Breuer, François Papineau, Gabriel Sabourin
(sources)

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