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The Diary of a Teenage Girl

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Sex, drugs, and recordings of it all.

20156.61h 42m

Overview

Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the world around her, Minnie is a pretty typical teenage girl. Oh, except that she’s sleeping with her mother’s boyfriend.

Directed by Marielle Heller
Written by Phoebe Gloeckner, Marielle Heller
Produced by Anne Carey, Bert Hamelinck, Miranda Bailey
Box OfficeBudget: $2.0MRevenue: $1.5M

Top Cast

Bel Powley

Bel Powley

Minnie Goetze

Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig

Charlotte Worthington

Alexander Skarsgård

Alexander Skarsgård

Monroe Rutherford

Christopher Meloni

Christopher Meloni

Pascal MacCorkill

Austin Lyon

Austin Lyon

Ricky Wasserman

Madeleine Waters

Madeleine Waters

Kimmie Minter

Margarita Levieva

Margarita Levieva

Tabatha

Q

Quinn Nagle

Chuck Saunders

A

Abby Wait

Gretel

J

John Parsons

Burt

Themes & Keywords

san francisco, california1970sbased on comiccoming of ageteenage girlolder man younger woman relationshipbased on graphic novelteenage sexualitycomic book artistwoman directorfemale sexuality

About The Diary of a Teenage Girl

The Diary of a Teenage Girl is a drama, romance, comedy film released in 2015 exploring themes of san francisco, california, 1970s, based on comic, coming of age, teenage girl, older man younger woman relationship. Directed by Marielle Heller, it stars Bel Powley, Kristen Wiig, Alexander Skarsgård. Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the world around her, Minnie is a pretty typical teenage girl. Oh, except that she’s sleeping with her mother’s boyfriend.

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