Christiane F.

1981 · 131 min · DE · R · 7.3 (1,440 votes)

Dir. Uli Edel · Starring Natja Brunckhorst, Thomas Haustein, Jens Kuphal, Rainer Woelk, David Bowie, Eberhard Auriga · Music Jürgen Knieper

“The image of a generation.”

Drama

A teen girl in 1970s Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and disappear as she befriends a small crew of junkies and falls in love with a drug-abusing male prostitute.

VIBE

This film is a raw, unflinching descent into the bleak realities of addiction and urban decay. It's a harrowing, melancholic experience, steadily pulling you into a desperate world where innocence is lost amidst the stark, gritty realism of 1970s Berlin. A truly intense and unforgettable watch.

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