The Virgin Suicides
Directed by Sofia Coppola
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.
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- Dan S TurpinMay 21, 2025Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides is not so much a film about five girls as it is about the idea of them—filtered through the aching, incomplete memories of the boys who adored them. What begins as a dreamy, almost ethereal suburban tale of adolescence quietly deepens into something profound: a meditation on memory, longing, and the unknowable nature of another soul. In the end, The Virgin Suicides is not a mystery, but a eulogy—for innocence, for youth, and for the ghosts of people we never truly knew. It is an astonishing first film by Sofia Coppola, who shows a rare gift for tone, mood, and the elusive rhythms of memory. This is a film that doesn’t shout—but whispers, lingers, and haunts.
The Virgin Suicides Trivia
The Virgin Suicides was released on April 22, 2000.
The Virgin Suicides was directed by Sofia Coppola.
The Virgin Suicides has a runtime of 1h 37m.
The Virgin Suicides was produced by Dan Halsted, Chris Hanley, Julie Costanzo, Francis Ford Coppola.
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.
The key characters in The Virgin Suicides are Lux Lisbon (Kirsten Dunst), Trip Fontaine (Josh Hartnett), Mr. Lisbon (James Woods).
The Virgin Suicides is rated R.
The Virgin Suicides is a Drama, Romance film.
The Virgin Suicides has an audience rating of 8.1 out of 10.
The Virgin Suicides had a budget of $6M.
The Virgin Suicides has made $10.4M at the box office.