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Lollipop Monster (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
92 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Ziska Riemann

Written By:
Ziska Riemann
Luci Van Org

Actors:
Jella Haase ..... Ariane
Sarah Horvath ..... Oona
Nicolette Krebitz ..... Kristina
Thomas Wodianka ..... Lukas
Sandra Borgmann ..... Marie
Rainer Sellien ..... Volker
Fritz Hammel ..... Boris
Janusz Kocaj ..... Konas
Koffi Kôkô ..... Baron
Nikeata Thompson ..... Jacky
Rafael Stachowiak ..... Karakal
Andreas Windhuis ..... Arzt
Sybille J. Schedwill ..... Sportlehrerin
Luci Van Org ..... Kunstlehrerin
Jan Erik Engel ..... Gregor
Lilli Meinhardt ..... Lena
Murali Perumal ..... Psychologe
Imge Ünlü ..... Miriam

Synopsis:

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.

Oona (Sarah Horvath) is an inky, unsmiling goth girl while her best friend Ari (Jella Haase) is her chromatic opposite, a bleached blonde with a psychedelic rainbow wardrobe. Filmmaker and comic book artist Ziska Riemann presents an assured debut, reminiscent of HEAVENLY CREATURES crossed with GHOST WORLD, as her adolescent odd-couple protagonists weather the unforgiving terrains of high school and home, while the adults in their lives (including a suicidal, tortured-artist father and a perpetually sleazy uncle) prove consistently irresponsible. Music videos, Super 16 and short animation sequences pepper this punchy, spunky coming-of-age drama, winner of the Femina-Film-Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival 2011.

Ariane (Jella Haase) and Oona (Sarah Horvath) are two 15-year-old girls from two dysfunctional families, absolute opposite and yet sharing much of the same anguish. 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 and their unlikely friendship helps them survive the hypocrisy of their families. Ari finally gains some kind of self-respect while Oona learns how to constructively vent to her pain. Then something happens that shakes their friendship to its very core....

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 10 June, 2015.