The Unpolished (2007)

  • NR
  • 02/08/2007 (DE)
  • Drama
  • 1h 35m

Overview

Stevie, a precocious 14-year-old girl must cope with the instabilities of her immoderate parents. When they decide to move to a small provincial town in Germany, Stevie attempts to slip into a normal life. Whilst her parents playfully escape their responsibilities, Stevie tries to make a good impression in town, spreading stories of grandeur and claiming to be the daughter of a diplomat. She makes progress. Yet the good weather doesn’t last and before long, she discovers that her parents have once more resorted to illegal means, as a way of supporting their leisurely lifestyle. As friends and hangers-on of her parents fill their new home, the chaos continually mounts. It is in this atmosphere of physical and emotional destruction, that Stevie must now start to define herself and perhaps even break free.

Pia Marais

Screenplay, Director

Horst Markgraf

Screenplay

Cast

Ceci Chuh's headshot

Ceci Chuh

Stevie
Birol Ünel's headshot

Birol Ünel

Axel
Pascale Schiller's headshot

Pascale Schiller

Lily
Georg Friedrich's headshot

Georg Friedrich

Ingmar
Joana Preiss's headshot

Joana Preiss

Louise
Joseph Malerba's headshot

Joseph Malerba

Johanna Gastdorf's headshot

Johanna Gastdorf

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