"THE GIRLS is clear and vivid and often rather funny."
(John Russell Taylor, The Times UK)

Three actresses prepare to go on the road in a theater production of Lysistrata, Aristophanes' classic comic play about women and war. As they re-assess and deal with the problems in their respective private lives, they recognize the parallels with the play and begin to realize that it is serious - even tragic - after all.

THE GIRLS is actress Mai Zetterling's fourth feature film as director and is a key work in feminist cinema, presenting the eccentric, often funny and very positive way the three women's minds work. In Le Monde, Simone de Beauvoir enthused, "All the images have multiple dimensions, the theatrical scenes reflect real life... Ironic and comic, this film moves us by the beauty of its landscapes, its poetry and above all its subtle tenderness."

• New high-definition video transfer
• Lines From The Heart (1996), Christina Olofson’s 73 minute film homage to Mai Zetterling that re-unites the three stars of THE GIRLS
• Optional English and French subtitles
• Filmographies of stars Bibi Andersson, Harriet Andersson and Gunnel Lindblom

Lines From The Heart is about an unusual meeting of three world famous actresses nearly 30 years after they all worked together in THE GIRLS. It was filmed in Mai Zetterling's house at Le Mazel in the South of France and gives a delightful insight into the art of acting and their life experiences over four decades.