Synopsis
The Virgin Suicides follows the Lisbon sisters, five beautiful and enigmatic girls whose lives become the obsession of neighborhood boys after the youngest attempts suicide. Told through the memories of those boys decades later, the film explores repression, desire, and the impossibility of truly knowing another person. Sofia Coppola crafts a dreamy, melancholic portrait of adolescence, suburban suffocation, and the haunting mythology of lives cut tragically short.
Did You Know?
- Sofia Coppola's feature directorial debut film.
- Based on Jeffrey Eugenides' 1993 debut novel.
- Kirsten Dunst was 16 during filming.
- Air's dreamy soundtrack became critically acclaimed.
- Josh Hartnett's first major film role.
Iconic Quotes
- Cecilia: 'Obviously, Doctor, you've never been a 13-year-old girl.'
- Narrator: 'We knew that they knew everything about us and that we couldn't fathom them at all.'
- Lux: 'You're a stone fox.'
- Narrator: 'They had lived no more than we had, but they had somehow managed to turn their short lives into a myth.'
- Mrs. Lisbon: 'What are you doing here, honey? You're not even old enough to know how bad life gets.'
