"Horsegirls" finds an unlikely lifeline in the world of hobbyhorsing, following a 22-year-old woman named Margarita as her mother faces an uncertain diagnosis and her own sense of steadiness starts to wobble.
What is Horsegirls about?
Margarita is neurodivergent, and the film builds its drama around the way she processes a frightening, uncertain moment in her family's life: her mother's health has taken a turn that no one can fully explain yet, and the ground under the household feels unsteady. Instead of retreating, Margarita finds an unexpected source of structure and strength in hobbyhorsing, a sport built around handmade horse-on-a-stick props, discipline, and a tight-knit community of participants who take it seriously on its own terms. The film treats that world with respect rather than mockery, using it as the place where Margarita can locate a sense of control and belonging that the rest of her life, for the moment, cannot offer her. Comedy and drama sit close together throughout, mirroring a young woman who is holding real fear and real joy in the same hands.
About the cast
Lillian Carrier plays Margarita, with Gretchen Mol, Iqbal Theba, Jerod Haynes, Joel Austin, Kovana Shine, Mackenzie Breeden and Stephanie Leet filling out the film's family and hobbyhorsing-community roles.
Context & significance
Director Lauren Meyering frames the story around Margarita's neurodivergence without turning it into an explanation for the plot, letting the hobbyhorsing scenes carry real specificity and letting the family drama unfold at its own pace across a 101-minute runtime. The film's tone leans on warmth over spectacle, giving as much weight to quiet domestic scenes as to the competition footage, so the sport never overshadows the family at the story's center.
Watching Horsegirls on K-Time
The film streams on K-Time with a free account login, in a viewing experience built with Persian-speaking audiences in mind; Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles are both available for this title.