Big Girls Don't Cry

Big Girls Don't Cry

2002 · 87 min · DE · 5.9 (28 votes)
Dir. Maria von Heland · Starring Anna Maria Mühe, Karoline Herfurth, David Winter, Josefine Domes, Nina Petri, Stefan Kurt · Music Niclas Frisk
Drama

Kati and Steffi have been best friends since they were six. Now they're both 17 and enjoying the ups and downs of becoming adults together. While Kati's parents are religious and conservative, but argue constantly, Steffi comes from what appears to be a harmonious and liberal family. But the girls discover how quickly their attractive world can fall apart when, at a hip nightclub, they happen to see Steffi's father in the arms of another woman. Steffi is shocked, her trust in her small perfect world shaken to the core. She can only think of one thing: revenge.

VIBE

This film feels like a hazy, sun-drenched memory of adolescence. It captures the bittersweet ache of growing up, the intensity of first loves and friendships, and the quiet disillusionment that comes with realizing the adult world isn't so perfect after all.

melancholicwistfulintrospectiveyearningsteadyEuropean arthousenaturalisticcharacter-drivencoming-of-agefemale friendshipbetrayalloss of innocence
pubertyfirst timevirginparent child relationshipfemale friendshiprelationship problemsteenage crushbest friendlittle girlrelationshipextramarital affairenvywoman director
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