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.
Direction
Heller's animated diary sequences break your heart
Acting
Powley's performance is fearless, specific, devastating
Cinematography
Grainy 70s aesthetic that feels lived-in, not costume-y
Director
Marielle Heller
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Phoebe Gloeckner's semi-autobiographical graphic novel, which caused actual police investigation when first published.
Bel Powley was 22 playing 15; Heller specifically cast older to protect her from the psychological toll—and to legally film nude scenes.
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