Christiane F.
1981 ‘Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo’ Directed by Uli Edel
Synopsis
This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-storey apartment building in Berlin. She's fascinated by the 'Sound', a new disco with most modern equipment. Although she's legally too young, she asks a friend to take her. There she meets Detlef, who's in a clique where everybody's on drugs. Step by step she gets drawn deeper into the scene.
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In my time as a film fan, I've seen countless tales of drugs and poverty. Whether it may be the masterpiece that is Lukas Moodysson’s Lilja-4-ever from 2002 or Jerry Schatzberg’s powerhouse film The Panic in Needle Park, I've always found the sub-genre to be one of the most fascinating and powerful in all of cinema. They depict life in the most explosive ways, with graphic imagery and some truly relentless storytelling and tend to be films that are sure calls for a lump to be found in a throat before the credits appear.
Christiane F is a film like no other. Adapted from the non-fiction autobiographical novel from Christiane F herself, the novel details her struggle with drugs in…
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Grim and at times shocking account of the 1970's Berlin drug scene that looks at the horrors of taking heroin that no film before or since has managed to portray so convincingly.
Fantastic performances all round from the non actors, especially Natja Brunckhorst who plays 14 year old Christiane F.
Not an easy watch but then heroin isn't an easy subject.
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Released in 1981 Christiane F. is the true story of 13 year old Christiane Felscherinow who lives with her mother and younger sister in a concert high rise apartment building in a dull and undesirable neighborhood on the outskirts of West Berlin during the late 1970s. She is an avid fan of David Bowie but is also board with nothing to do and is unsatisfied with her home life. She learns of a new disco night club called ‘Sound’ that is located in the city’s centre. Legally she is too young to go so she dresses herself up and goes with a girl in her class who is a couple of years older.
This is there where she meets a… -
Pocas películas te dejan tan mal cuerpo como esta y eso siempre es una buenísima señal. Sórdida, venenosa, cruda y brutal.
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You know what you're going into with a movie like this, the point of which it is to teach and thereby prevent. Or you think you know. It comes as no surprise, of course, that it's dark and often depressing; anything less would defeat the purpose. But Uli Edel's film amounts to more than education only, featuring wonderfully natural performances and fitting stylistic choices. Most importantly, it seems very real.
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West Berlin Heroin chic.
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Pocas películas te dejan tan mal cuerpo como esta y eso siempre es una buenísima señal. Sórdida, venenosa, cruda y brutal.
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Peli bastante chunga de una adicta a la heroína que tiene 14 años cuando empieza a chutarse. Pasa en el Berlín Federal, y sale David Bowie.
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This film really hit me like a sledgehammer. I was gasping for breath. The realization that the dark side of heroine use and abuse is the bleakest perspective imaginable.
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"Sleep when you're dead."
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Good story but awful acting
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In my time as a film fan, I've seen countless tales of drugs and poverty. Whether it may be the masterpiece that is Lukas Moodysson’s Lilja-4-ever from 2002 or Jerry Schatzberg’s powerhouse film The Panic in Needle Park, I've always found the sub-genre to be one of the most fascinating and powerful in all of cinema. They depict life in the most explosive ways, with graphic imagery and some truly relentless storytelling and tend to be films that are sure calls for a lump to be found in a throat before the credits appear.
Christiane F is a film like no other. Adapted from the non-fiction autobiographical novel from Christiane F herself, the novel details her struggle with drugs in…
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Released in 1981 Christiane F. is the true story of 13 year old Christiane Felscherinow who lives with her mother and younger sister in a concert high rise apartment building in a dull and undesirable neighborhood on the outskirts of West Berlin during the late 1970s. She is an avid fan of David Bowie but is also board with nothing to do and is unsatisfied with her home life. She learns of a new disco night club called ‘Sound’ that is located in the city’s centre. Legally she is too young to go so she dresses herself up and goes with a girl in her class who is a couple of years older.
This is there where she meets a… -
Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo