About a Girl
Charleen, 15, quick-witted and sassy, is Kurt Cobain's biggest fan and wonders why "growing up" has to be so complicated. One day, feeling especially melodramatic and rebellious, she decides to pull the plug on her life. Luckily, she fails - and discovers what fun life and love can really be!
This upbeat, feel-good young-adult film stars sensational break-out star Jasna Fritzi Bauer alongside Emmy-nominated Heike Makatsch ("Love, Actually", "Hilde") in a spot-on depiction of a teen who revises her view on life after her failed suicide attempt. This fun and touching debut, directed by Mark Monheim, is a cheeky plea for love of life, even if life rarely turns out the way we expected!
Awards
Festival de Cine de Gijón (2014)
Gijón Film Festival Award
won Audience Award (Section "Enfants Terribles")
Bayerischer Filmpreis - Bavarian Film Award (2014)
Pierrot
won Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Jasna Fritzi Bauer)
Kinofest Lünen (2015)
Lüdia
won Jury Prize (Pupil's award 10+)
Schwerin Art of Film Festival (2015)
Schwerin Art of Film Festival Awards
won Best Film (Leo Award in Children&Youth Competition)
Emden International Film Festival (2015)
Emden International Film Festival awards
won Best Film (Best Debut Film & Bernhard-Wicki-Award (audience))
Emden International Film Festival awards
nominated Other (Creative Energy Award)
AFI Dallas International Film Festival (2015)
AFI Dallas International Film Festival
nominated Best Film (Best Narrative Feature)
Internationale Hofer Filmtage (2015)
Hof International Film Festival
nominated Other (Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino)
Ciné-Jeune de l’Aisne International Film Festival (2015)
Young International Feature 13 Years and Up
won Special Mention ()
LUCAS International Children's Film Festival (2015)
ECFA Award
won Critics Prize ()
Emden International Film Festival (2013)
Emden International Film Festival awards
won Best Screenplay ()
Key Information
| Original Title | About a Girl |
| Genre |
Fiction/Drama Comedy |
| Produced by: | Imbissfilm, Stehle & Rehbock GmbH & Co KG in co-production with Die Film GmbH (Uli Aselmann, Andreas Ch. Tönessen), Senator Film GmbH (Solveig Fina, Helge Sasse) |
| Year Of Production | 2014 |
| Duration | 01h44h00h00 min |
| Country Of Origin | Germany |
| Language Versions | German [OV],English [ST] |
Cast & Crew
| Director/s | Mark Monheim |
| Cast | Jasna Fritzi Bauer Heike Makatsch Aurel Manthei Simon Schwarz Sandro Lohmann Lauritz Greve Dorothea Walda a.o. |
| Producer/s | Martin Rehbock |
| Writer/s | Mark Monheim Martin Rehbock |