DIRECTOR: Marielle Heller STARRING: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Kristen Wiig, Abby Wait, Miranda Bailey, Carson D. Mell, John Parsons, Madeleine Waters, Austin Lyon, Quinn Nagle, Davy Clements, Christopher Meloni USA 2015
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Boldly unconventional and refreshingly honest, breaking some boundaries and already making some waves. The Diary of a Teenage Girl is a rare gem of a movie. Set in 1976 San Francisco, this is an amazing, tender and expressive story of a teenage girl coming to terms with her sexualtiy and the finding her own place in the world. Very detailed and intimate, The Diary of a Teenage Girl is a vibrant and frank story, where Minnie Goetze (Bel Powley) begins a complex love affair with her mother’s (Kristen Wiig) boyfriend, Monroe (Alexander Skarsgård). Based on Phoebe Gloeckner’s novel of the same name, The Diary of a Teenage Girl is brutally honest, an unconventional punk rock realistic self-discovery teenager through adulthood journey.