About a Girl

About a Girl

2015 · 104 min · DE · 6.9 (38 votes)
Dir. Mark Monheim · Starring Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Heike Makatsch, Aurel Manthei, Simon Schwarz, Lauritz Greve, Dorothea Walda

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Charleen is 15, melodramatic, mega depressed, and Kurt Cobain’s biggest fan. Her best friend Isa is getting really boring, her dad is out of the picture, and her mom has hooked up with her biology teacher. Even though she has an apprenticeship preparing bodies for funerals, which is pretty cool, her musical idols are all dead. It’s about time Charleen was, too.

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This film feels like a raw, unfiltered dive into teenage angst and existential dread, wrapped in a darkly humorous, indie aesthetic. It's a moody, yet strangely compelling, exploration of feeling utterly alone in a world that doesn't understand.

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