Summer Movies
Director: Mark Monheim, color, 105 min., 2013/14
Charleen, who isn’t quite 16 yet, has survived a suicide attempt and is now trying to find herself. But it’s not that easy. Her father Jeff has been kicked out by her mother Sabine, who is now living with Charleen’s biology teacher, of all people. Charleen is also arguing with her friend Isa. While at her psychotherapist’s office, Charleen meets Linus, the unpopular nerd of her class. Linus and Charleen get closer. In his first film for the big screen,
ABOUT A GIRL, Mark Monheim tells a slightly ironic coming-of-age story about a journey from helplessness to happiness.
Mark Monheim was born in Bonn in 1977. Between 1998 and 2007, he studied directing in the field of film and television documentary at the University of Television and Film in Munich. He received the main award at the Internationalen Kurzfilmtage Winterthur film festival for his student short film MICHELLE. After his studies, Monheim made more short films and worked as a production manager and assistant director. ABOUT A GIRL is his first feature-length film
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