Monthlies

What is menstruation? What changes in a young girls life when it first arrives? Monthlies is a coming of age story of girls that are about to face a new period of their lives. Along with them the young spectator explores the colorful female world hidden behind the everyday reality. What starts as innocent curiosity turns into a witty and emotional trip of exploring the female body and new range of emotions. The Documentary offers a useful information about the menstrual cycle as well as the emotional changes that are often part of it using animation as well as filmed sequences. With humor and sensitivity it discloses the history of menstruation, prejudices and the rules of 'menstrual etiquette', that still persist even in our modern society.