Upstate New York, 1955. A group of girls form a sisterhood to take vengeance on those who abused them.

Tired of being treated rudely public and abused by men, a group of girls form a gang so they can defend themselves. Led by the charismatic Margaret, the secret sisterhood, called Foxfire, soon moves on to being more than a simple amateur organization. At first retaliating against wrongs done to them, the members of the gang move in together but soon come up against the financial reality of daily life. The offenses they commit become increasingly illegal and their noble illusions and basic principles less and less adhered to. Losing their innocence, the profound reasons why each one of these individuals wants to belong to the gang begin to surface...

Adapted from "Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang" by "Joyce Carol Oates", Foxfire, a feminist film about 50's America in which girls retaliate against the violent hegemony and the totalitarianism of men, owes much of its success to the actresses playing the adolescents (supposedly American but with broad Canadian accents) who form the gang. Tearing down the slick and seductive image built up by Mad Men, this provincial look at the era puts things somewhat back into balance, and is miles better than the bland 1996 version starring a young Angelina Jolie.