“I can only desire if I know I’m desired” – these are the words from the film’s main character, Sara – the girl beast. A puppet and a puppeteer. An object of desire and a creature of desire. Girl Beast explores how Sara’s sexuality blooms — but is also manipulated and mutated — throughout her teenage years. A “Lolita story” told from Lolita’s point of view. A psychological drama with a heightened reality that examines how childhood trauma and dysfunctional relationships shape identity and sexuality. It portrays the young girl as an object of sexualization — oscillating between empowerment and self-destruction, liberation and ruin, power and powerlessness.
