Taking its English-language title from a Sonic Youth song, Little Trouble Girls is, from its first provocative image to its final, affectionate close-up, an intoxicating communion of the earthly and the angelic.

Focusing on an introverted student who joins her school’s choir and falls under the spell of a more adventurous girl, director Urška Djukić deftly mashes up the female sacred and edge-of-17 precociousness. She begins the movie with a lingering close-up of a medieval artist’s rendering of Christ’s wound, a vulval illustration if ever there was one, and a fitting opening spark for this unpredictable drama. With superb performances across the board, particularly from her two young leads, and an adventurous use of visual and aural elements, Djukić has conjured an alluring fusion of

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