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In the picturesque American suburbs of the 1970s, five beautiful teenage sisters all committed suicide. Their presence is haunting, almost mythical, in the memories of the little boys who knew them, and this is reflected in Virgin commits suicide. The boys are now adults and they long to look back on Lux(Kirsten Dunst), Mary, (Ajay Cook), Cecilia (Hannah Hall), Teresa (Leslie Hyman) and Bonnie Lisbon (Chelsea Swain), exist Sofia Coppolas A haunting and elegiac portrait of girlhood and American adolescence.

virgin suicide It’s still a fan favorite and is often considered Coppola’s best film (it’s worth noting that it was also her directorial debut). With its tone-poetic interpretation of teenage angst, empathetic exploration of female growth, and unshakable, infectious melancholy, virgin suicide Still as mysterious as the feeling of falling in love for the first time.