Our Girls
A tranquil Alpine retreat becomes an emotional pressure cooker when the grief surrounding a dead child shatters the trust between two longtime couples.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- intimate
- disheartening
- tense
- quiet evening
- arthouse film night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The couples' retreat is shaped by the loss of a daughter and the resulting emotional rupture between parents and friends.
The serene Austrian mountain getaway becomes the enclosed environment in which the couples' bond unravels.
The once-solid bond between two longtime couples fractures as buried tensions surface around the family tragedy.
The calm Alpine landscape is placed against chaos, grief, and escalating domestic conflict.
Films like Our Girls, and why
The Celebration
shared intimate family drama, grief, and escalating emotional conflict within a confined social group
Force Majeure
shared relationship-centered drama in which suppressed tensions erupt during an isolated gathering
The Lodge
shared Alpine setting, marital fracture, and psychologically unsettling family conflict
Movie Details
- Director
- Mike van Diem
- Release Date
- 2025-10-02
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 (40)
Cast
- Thekla Reuten
- Noortje Herlaar
- Fedja van Huêt
- Valentijn Dhaenens
- Rosa van Leeuwen
- Inaya Ulgen
- Frédérique van Baarsen
- Jeremy Miliker
- Karl Markovics
- Proschat Madani
Common questions
- What is Our Girls about?
- A tranquil Alpine retreat becomes an emotional pressure cooker when the grief surrounding a dead child shatters the trust between two longtime couples.
- What is Our Girls like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Our Girls as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Our Girls violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Our Girls as mild.
- Which films are like Our Girls?
- Films with a similar feel include The Celebration, Force Majeure, and The Lodge.
- How long is Our Girls?
- Our Girls runs 103 minutes.
