Big Girls Don't Cry

2002 · 87 min · DE · R · 6.0 (43 votes)

Dir. Maria von Heland · Starring Anna Maria Mühe, Karoline Herfurth, David Winter, Josefine Domes, Nina Petri, Stefan Kurt · Music Niclas Frisk

“Best friends growing up too fast.”

Drama

Kati and Steffi have been best friends forever. Now that their love lives are heating up, they're hitting the books less and going out to nightclubs more. But when Steffi sees her father out with another woman, her life begins to spiral out of control.

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.

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