Directed by:
Ziska RiemannScreenplay:
Lucy van OrgCinematography:
Hannes HubachComposer:
Ingo Ludwig FrenzelCast:
Jella Haase, Sarah Horváth, Janusz Kocaj, Nicolette Krebitz, Sandra Borgmann, Rainer Sellien, Nikeata Thompson, Lilli Meinhardt, Andreas Windhuis (more)Plots(1)
Ari and Oona. Two 15-year-old girls, two dysfunctional families. Absolute opposites and yet somehow similar. No one listens, no one hears. Ari feels she is misunderstood and compensates for this by having sex with unknown men; Oona expresses the pain over her beloved father’s suicide through self-mutilation and morbid drawings. Opposites attract. Ari is a blonde who paints herself up like a canary, Oona loves things as black as night. Their unlikely friendship helps them survive the hypocrisy of their families. Ari finally gains some kind of self-respect, and Oona learns to give vent to her pain. Then something happens that threatens their friendship at its very roots.... The scope of the debuting director’s creative interests is evident both in the mix of cinematic devices that enrich the narration (animated passages, amateur film recordings, music videos), as well as in the artistic stylization, which directly references her grounding in comics. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
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Lollipop Monster is a colorful trip taken by an emotionally unstable feminist, for whom guys are either
gothic loner weirdoes, couch-potatoes in checkered shirts or spineless adulterers (who must be punished
with death!). This comic-book-like depiction of the world of an adolescent girl is cute and imaginative,
but the plot and especially its climax are too feeble to justify making this into a feature movie.
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This German film will impact you primarily with its brutality. It is quite direct, not trying to distort reality, and that's what's great about it. Even though it occasionally uses surrealistic animations. It depicts the world of two different girls, a world that is cruel, not always kind, but they are not just its victims either. The ending is expected, but in this case, it didn't matter as much. It was about impressions. Whether you're a plump Barbie or an emo rebel, fate can bring you together. And intimacy is not just beautiful.
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