Far Out Trailer for the Coming-of-Age Film THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL
We’ve got a trailer for you to watch for one of the hit films from Sundance 2015 called The Diary of a Teenage Girl. I didn't get a chance to see the Marielle Heller-directed film while I was at the festival, but I’ve heard great things about it.
The movie is based on Phoebe Gloeckner‘s 2002 graphic novel of the same name. The adaptation is set in San Francisco during the 1970s, and the story follows a character named Minnie Goetze (Bel Powley), a young teenage girl experimenting with her sexuality, drugs, and more.
The movie also stars Kristen Wiig, Alexander Skarsgård, and Christopher Meloni. Here’s the synopsis:
Based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Phoebe Gloeckner, The Diary of a Teenage Girl recounts the coming-of-age adventures of Minnie Goetze, a San Francisco teenager growing up in the counterculture haze of the 1970s.
Lonely and artistic, Minnie chronicles her trials through expressive drawings and painfully honest missives confided to a tape recorder. One fateful evening alone with her mother’s boyfriend, Minnie is confronted with her burgeoning sexuality for the first time, and suddenly this precocious teen is in way over her head.
In an astonishing feature debut, writer/director Marielle Heller renders a hybrid of live-action and animation, offering a subtle, detailed window into the psyche of a bright, young woman. Brimming with wit and intelligence, and spurred by exquisite performances from Alexander Skarsgård, Kristen Wiig, and a star-making turn by Bel Powley as Minnie, The Diary of a Teenage Girl captures the anxiety, passion, and wonder of adolescence.
The movie is set to be released this summer on August 7th, and it looks like it’s worth checking out.