O coming of age feminino : uma análise de Red - Crescer é uma Fera

Abstract

In a context marked by the gradual construction of male protagonism within the audiovisual sphere, it is observed that narrative journeys concerning character development are predominantly portrayed in the foreground, contributing to the reduction and marginalization of female protagonists within the same works. Thus, the emergence of cinematic productions, largely created by new female filmmakers, focused on female coming-of-age processes and their experiences as sociocultural subjects can be interpreted as direct responses to the long-standing scarcity and superficiality of content through which women have historically been represented. By exploring the coming of age film genre and the epistemes that shape representations of young female experiences in contemporary cinema, this study aims to investigate how female protagonists are portrayed during the transition from childhood to adolescence and young adulthood in recent films, using Turning Red (2022) as the primary reference for film analysis.