The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)

Directed by

Marielle Heller

Genre

romantic comedy, romance film, drama film, comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

R

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 791 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1970s San Francisco, a 15-year-old aspiring cartoonist begins a secret sexual relationship with her mother's boyfriend. The film follows her personal and artistic coming-of-age as she navigates the consequences of her choices.

wistfulcoming-of-ageawkwardintimateretrosexually frankunflinchingemotionally raw

What happens

The Diary of a Teenage Girl is a 2015 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Marielle Heller, based on the hybrid novel of the same name by Phoebe Gloeckner. It stars Bel Powley as a 15-year-old girl in 1970s San Francisco who becomes sexually active by starting a relationship with her mother's boyfriend. It also stars Kristen Wiig, Alexander Skarsgård, Christopher Meloni, Quinn Nagle, and Austin Lyon. It premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and had a limited release on August 7, 2015, by Sony Pictures Classics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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