Babyteeth (2019)

Directed by

Shannon Murphy

Genre

romance film, coming-of-age film

Country

Australia

Runtime

2h

Rated

M

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 398 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl from a wealthy family falls in love with a drug addict just as her cancer returns. The film follows their unlikely relationship and its effect on her family.

poignanttenderrawbittersweetoffbeatemotionally intenseintimatesensitive

What happens

Babyteeth is a 2019 Australian coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Shannon Murphy from a screenplay by Rita Kalnejais, based upon her stage play of the same name. It stars Eliza Scanlen (in her first film appearance), Toby Wallace, Emily Barclay, Eugene Gilfedder, Essie Davis, and Ben Mendelsohn. The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on 4 September 2019. It was released in Australia on 23 July 2020 by Universal Pictures and won nine AACTA awards, including Best Film. Scanlen plays Milla, a 16-year-old girl from a wealthy family who falls in love with a drug-addict named Moses shortly before she has a cancer recurrence. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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