Summaries

A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event that comes to redefine their relationship.

London, 1962. Two teenage girls - Ginger and Rosa -- are inseparable; they play truant together, discuss religion, politics and hairstyles, and dream of lives bigger than their mothers' frustrated domesticity. But, as the Cold War meets the sexual revolution, and the threat of nuclear holocaust escalates, the lifelong friendship of the two girls is shattered - by the clash of desire and the determination to survive.—Adventure Pictures

Details

Keywords
  • teenage girl
  • friendship
  • dysfunctional family
  • marital problem
  • cuban missile crisis
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Oct 18, 2012
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG-13
Countries of origin Canada United Kingdom Denmark
Language English
Filming locations Dungeness, Kent, England, UK
Production companies British Film Institute (BFI) BBC Film Adventure Pictures

Box office

Gross US & Canada $1012973
Opening weekend US & Canada $42838
Gross worldwide $1674776

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 30m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

London, 1962. Two teenage girls - Ginger and Rosa - are inseparable; they play truant together, discuss religion, politics and hairstyles and dream of lives bigger than their mothers' frustrated domesticity. But, as the Cold War meets the sexual revolution, and the threat of nuclear holocaust escalates, the lifelong friendship of the two girls is shattered - by the clash of desire and the determination to survive.

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