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| Bibi Andersson | ... | Liz Lindstrand | |
| Harriet Andersson | ... | Marianne | |
| Gunnel Lindblom | ... | Gunilla | |
| Gunnar Björnstrand | ... | Hugo | |
| Erland Josephson | ... | Carl | |
| Frank Sundström | ... | Marianne's Lover | |
| Åke Lindström | ... | Bengt | |
| Stig Engström | ... | Thommy | |
| Margreth Weivers | ... | Tourist Manager's Wife (as Margaret Weivers) | |
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Leif Liljeroth | ... | Tourist Manager Kiruna |
| Ulf Palme | ... | Director | |
| Ingvar Kjellson | ... | Olle | |
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Signe Enwall | ... | Choir Member (as Signe Envall) |
| Bellan Roos | ... | Choir Member | |
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Chris Wahlström | ... | Choir Member |
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Three actresses prepare to go on the road in a theater production of Lysistrata, Aristophanes' classic comic play about women and war. As they re-assess and deal with the problems in their respective private lives, they recognize the parallels with the play and begin to realize that it is serious - even tragic - after all. Written by Anonymous
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Watching "The Girls" at film school it struck me how confused and disorganized this film is. There is nothing wrong with confusing the audience, something Davind Lynch has showed us over and over again, but in combination with this film lacking plot, the characters being 2 dimensional and lacking any sort of characteristics and the all out confused nature of the "narrative" this film comes of as little less than a drug fueled, surreal mess.
Which is fine if the film is interesting. This film is not interesting. I have heard a lot of people calling it feminist. Maybe people call it that because the main characters are female and the director/writer is a woman. Well feminism is "the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men". In this aspect the film is not feminist as the women say they won't to break free, but in reality are quite dependent on the men. At the end one of the actresses say she wants a divorce but this does not come off as she does it to liberate herself and be equal to the men.