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Like most teenage girls, Minnie Goetze (Bel Powley) is longing for love, acceptance and a sense of purpose in the world. Minnie begins a complex love affair with her mother's (Kristen Wiig) boyfriend, "the handsomest man in the world," Monroe Rutherford (Alexander Skarsgård). What follows is a sharp, funny and provocative account of one girl's sexual and artistic awakening, without judgment.
Set in 1976 San Francisco, THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL begins at the crossroads of the fading hippie movement and the dawn of punk rock. News commentary of the Patty Hearst trial echoes in the background, as Minnie's young expressive eyes soak in a drug-laden city in transition- where teenage rebellion and adult responsibility clash in characters lost and longing. Minnie's hard-partying mother and absent father have left her rudderless. She first finds solace in Monroe's seductive smile, and then on the backstreets of the city by the bay. Animation serves a refuge from the confusing and unstable world around her. Minnie emerges defiant- taking command of her sexuality and drawing on her newfound creative talents to reveal truths in the kind of intimate and vivid detail that can only be found in the pages of a teenage girl's diary.
THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL is based on Phoebe Gloeckner's novel of the same name, hailed by Salon as "one of the most brutally honest, shocking, tender and beautiful portrayals of growing up female in America." Writer/Director Marielle Heller unlocks this diary with a richly comedic and deeply personal vision. In her feature film directorial debut, Heller brings
Gloeckner's book to life with fearless performances, a stirring score, inventive graphic novel-like animation sequences, imagination, humor and heart. It is a coming of age story that is as poignant as it is unsettling.
Original Release
03/18/2015
US Release
03/18/2015
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Bel Powley | Minnie / Minnie Goetze |
Willie | Domino the Cat |
Kristen Wiig | Charlotte / Charlotte Worthington |
Abby Wait | Gretel |
Alexander Skarsgård | Monroe / Monroe Rutherford |
Miranda Bailey | Andrea |
Carson Mell | Michael Cocaine |
John Parsons | Burt |
Madeleine Waters | Kimmie / Kimmie Minter |
Austin Lyon | Ricky Wasserman |
Directors
Writers
Marielle Heller, Phoebe Gloeckner
Cast
Name | Character |
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Bel Powley | Minnie / Minnie Goetze |
Willie | Domino the Cat |
Kristen Wiig | Charlotte / Charlotte Worthington |
Abby Wait | Gretel |
Alexander Skarsgård | Monroe / Monroe Rutherford |
Miranda Bailey | Andrea |
Carson Mell | Michael Cocaine |
John Parsons | Burt |
Madeleine Waters | Kimmie / Kimmie Minter |
Austin Lyon | Ricky Wasserman |
Quinn Nagle | Chuck / Chuck Saunders |
Davy Clements | Arnie |
Charles Lewis III | Cool English Teacher |
David Fine | Old Hippie |
Susannah Rogers | Voice of Aline Kominsky / Aline Kominsky (voice) |
Christopher Meloni | Pascal / Pascal MacCorkill |
Bob Scott | Man on Docks |
Anthony Williams | Frankie |
Joshua Grannell | Drag Queen |
Margarita Levieva | Tabatha |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Amanda Marshall | Executive Producer |
Amy Nauiokas | Executive Producer |
Michael Sagol | Executive Producer |
Jorma Taccone | Executive Producer |
Miranda Bailey | Producer |
Debbie Brubaker | Producer |
Anne Carey | Producer |
Corentin De Saedeleer | Producer |
Shani Geva | Producer |
Bert Hamelinck | Producer |
Madeline Samit | Producer |