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We Were Dangerous

We Were Dangerous

7,1 /10 (9 Votes)
2024 EN 82 min

Overview

Nellie, Daisy and Lou attend an institution for delinquent girls on an isolated island in 1954. The trio rail against the system, finding strength in their friendship but this is challenged when the school's matron divides them.

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Release date

22/08/2024

Votes

9

Popularity

1.2

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

82 min

Revenue

$376,130

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Brent Marchant

2025-06-25

⭐ 8

No matter what anyone might suggest to the contrary, generally speaking, girls will be girls, especially during those often-turbulent, rebellious adolescent years. What’s more, attempts at implementing “correction” are frequently frustrating and unsuccessful for those undertaking such efforts, an outcome that was usually just as true in the past as it is today. Such was the case in 1954 New Zealand, where a dozen social and sexual “deviants” were confined at the government-sponsored Te Motu School for Incorrigible and Delinquent Girls. The facility, located on a remote island that was once a l…

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