Synopsis
Like most teenage girls, Minnie Goetze is longing for love, acceptance and a sense of purpose in the world. Minnie begins a complex love affair with her mother’s boyfriend, “the handsomest man in the world,” Monroe Rutherford. Set in 1976 San Francisco, the film 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 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. 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.
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Movie Details
| Production Budget: | $2,000,000 |
| Portugal Releases: | March 24th, 2016 (Wide) |
| Video Release: | January 5th, 2016 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| MPAA Rating: | R for strong sexual content including dialogue, graphic nudity, drug use, language and
drinking - all involving teens. (Rating bulletin 2375, 5/27/2015) |
| Running Time: | 101 minutes |
| Keywords: | Loss Of Virginity, Coming of Age, Artists, Set in San Francisco, 1970s, Voiceover/Narration, Non-Chronological, Dysfunctional Family, Animated Sequences, Infidelity, Sex Crimes, Sexual Awakening, LGBTQ+, Hallucinations, Narcotics, Autobiographical, Actors Making Their Directorial Debut, Love Triangle, Relationships Gone Wrong, Sundance Film Festival 2015 |
| Source: | Based on Comic/Graphic Novel |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Caviar, Cold Iron Pictures, Archer Gray Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English |
