Girl Model

Name: Girl Model
Genre: Thriller, Documentary
Released: September 7, 2012
Duration: 78 min
Rating: 68
Cast: Ashley Arbaugh, Rachel Blais

2012

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First Run Features | Release Date: September 7, 2012 | Not Rated

Starring: Ashley Arbaugh, Rachel Blais

Summary: Despite a lack of obvious similarities between Siberia and Tokyo, a thriving model industry connects these distant regions. Girl Model follows two protagonists involved in this industry: Ashley, a deeply ambivalent model scout who scours the Siberian countryside looking for fresh faces to send to the Japanese market, and one of herDespite a lack of obvious similarities between Siberia and Tokyo, a thriving model industry connects these distant regions. Girl Model follows two protagonists involved in this industry: Ashley, a deeply ambivalent model scout who scours the Siberian countryside looking for fresh faces to send to the Japanese market, and one of her discoveries, Nadya, a 13-year-old plucked from her rustic home in Russia and dropped into the center of bustling Tokyo with promises of a profitable career. After Ashley’s initial discovery of Nadya, they rarely meet again, but their stories are inextricably bound. As Nadya’s optimism about rescuing her family from financial hardship grows, her dreams contrast against Ashley’s more jaded outlook about the industry’s corrosive influence. (First Run Features)… Expand

Director: Ashley Sabin and David Redmon

Genre(s): Thriller, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 78 min

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The Playlist Christopher Schobert

Sep 5, 2012

It deserves to be shown to teenagers, not necessarily as a warning, but at least as an eye-opener: This is how it works, kids. And it ain't pretty. Read full review

Elise Nakhnikian

Sep 4, 2012

The documentary makes you wonder about every beautiful woman who's ever stared out from a publication, poster, or billboard, looking sophisticated and self-assured. Read full review

Noel Murray

Sep 5, 2012

Girl Model shows that even though some models make big bucks, the global economy remains the same as it ever was: Those with nothing are seduced by the prospect of something, such that they hesitate to complain, lest they end up with less than nothing. Read full review

Michelle Orange

Sep 4, 2012

The radiant sadness of its two subjects - one a soulfully impassive stripling, one a symmetrical husk - forms the center of Girl Model, and that is enough. Read full review

Ty Burr

Oct 11, 2012

A powerful documentary that, with a wider scope and a bit more shaping, could have been even more powerful, perhaps unbearably so. What's there is strong enough. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Sep 6, 2012

There are no supermodels or Cinderellas in this sadly compelling story, just predators and the impoverished dreamers who want to trust them. Read full review

Kate Taylor

Sep 4, 2012

It is hard to know whether to applaud directors David Redmon and Ashley Sabin for exposing the underside of the fashion business – or demand they abandon their documentarian stance and rescue young Nadya on the spot. Read full review

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Lone-Wolf

Apr 19, 2013

The beauty of this documentary is that it exposes, in a very minimalist fashion, the seedy underbelly of the fashion industry. The most interesting person is the former model cum fashion scout Ashley Arbaugh, who simultaneously derides the fashion industry for the manner in which it uses upThe beauty of this documentary is that it exposes, in a very minimalist fashion, the seedy underbelly of the fashion industry. The most interesting person is the former model cum fashion scout Ashley Arbaugh, who simultaneously derides the fashion industry for the manner in which it uses up young talent, while she scouts and profits off of this same dynamic. This documentary should be required viewing to show the deleterious effects of the modern obsession with appearance.… Expand

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