2002 · Feature Film · Debut
Big Girls Don't Cry / Große Mädchen weinen nicht
Writer · Director
Two best friends in Berlin. The summer both their families fall apart — and their friendship is the only thing left standing.
Kati and Steffi have grown up next to each other. They speak in their own code, share every secret, share a future.
Then Steffi catches her father with another woman, and Kati's mother begins to leave in pieces. The girls' world — bound by their childhood logic — has to hold against the adult one breaking around it.
Directorial debut. Anna Maria Mühe's screen debut and Karoline Herfurth's first lead.
Released in 14 countries across Europe, the Americas and Japan.
Goldener Biber, Audience Award · Biberach, 2002
Best Actress, Anna Maria Mühe · Las Palmas, 2003
„Freundschaft, Identitätssuche und Sexualität sind die bestimmenden Themen in Maria von Helands sehenswertem Jugenddrama, das seine Heldinnen in einer Übergangsphase zwischen Kindheit und Erwachsensein zeigt. Hervorragend: Karoline Herfurth, Anna Maria Mühe."
— choices, Dietmar Gröbing
„Es gelingt dem rasant montierten Film, das Lebensgefühl der Heranwachsenden beeindruckend realistisch widerzuspiegeln."
— FBW-Jury, Prädikat wertvoll
"Sharp-looking first theatrical feature."
— David Rooney, Variety
"A refreshing reminder that learning how to navigate danger is a big part of being a teenager."
— Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times
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