
It's Kind of a Funny Story(2010)
A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.


Charleen is 15, melodramatic, mega depressed, and Kurt Cobain’s biggest fan. Her best friend Isa is getting really boring, her dad is out of the picture, and her mom has hooked up with her biology teacher. Even though she has an apprenticeship preparing bodies for funerals, which is pretty cool, her musical idols are all dead. It’s about time Charleen was, too.

Jasna Fritzi Bauer
Charleen

Heike Makatsch
Sabine

Aurel Manthei
Jeff

Simon Schwarz
Volker

Lauritz Greve
Oscar

Dorothea Walda
Emmi

Sandro Lohmann
Linus

Nikolaus Frei
Dr. Frei

Amelie Plaas-Link
Isa

Heike Koslowski
Mrs. Richter
About a Girl is a drama, comedy film released in 2015 exploring themes of nerd, suicide thoughts, mother figure, teen suicide, dramedy. Directed by Mark Monheim, it stars Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Heike Makatsch, Aurel Manthei. Charleen is 15, melodramatic, mega depressed, and Kurt Cobain’s biggest fan. Her best friend Isa is getting really boring, her dad is out of the picture, and her mom has hooked up with her biology teacher. Even though she has an apprenticeship preparing bodies for funerals, which is pretty cool, her musical idols are all dead. It’s about time Charleen was, too.
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