A refreshing reminder that learning how to navigate danger is a big part of being a teenager, and that no kind of upbringing -- or nifty home furnishings -- can or should shield a young adult from life outside her doors.
Big Girls Don't Cry
Best friends growing up too fast.
2002 · 1h 27m · R
Drama
Directed by
Maria von Heland
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Big Girls Don't Cry
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Maria von Heland Director
- Anna Maria Mühe as Kati
- Karoline Herfurth as Steffi
- David Winter as Carlos
- Josefine Domes as Tessa
- Nina Petri as Ann
- Stefan Kurt as Hans, Steffis Vater
- Teresa Harder as Jeanette, Tessas Mutter
- Matthias Brandt as Jost, Katis Vater
- Gabriela Maria Schmeide as Ingrid, Katis Mutter
- Dieter Laser as Herr Winter
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Sleek, not-quite- trashy-enough melodrama.
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