Charlotte Castang is a working-class 13-year-old girl, who lives in a drab, run-down neighbourhood, and is ready to become an adult. Her mother died giving birth to her, and she lives with her crass brother and a father whose attention is elsewhere. Her only friend is Lulu, a sick 10-year-old she regards as a pest. Charlotte is antisocial, bored and dreams of a better life. Her life improves when she meets Clara Bauman, a pianist prodigy.

Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death.

When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardes...

Two 15-year-old girls from different sides of the tracks compete to see who will be first to lose th...

Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwome...

In rural New Zealand, a fifteen-year-old girl fights to keep her place among the pack of boys she ha...

Tilt is the story of a precocious young girl who is a pinball wizard. Because she does not get on wi...

Tina and Fred, a couple in their fifties, are desperate in their search for a boy's name. But for wh...

Candice longs to escape the boredom of her seaside town, but when a boy she dreams about turns up in...

Four best friends, on the brink of starting middle school, realize their lives are about to change f...

Maggie and Josh are an out-of-sync married couple. Maggie wishes for a do-over and wakes up 15 years...

Desperate to prove to his peers that he’s more than a chubby kid that never wins at anything, little...

When Madea catches teenage Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to ta...

David is a troubled city boy, being looked after by his uncle on a farm. He is initiated into the dr...

Wendy, a Chinese “parachute kid,” is struggling to adapt to her new American life.

The Wild Chicks are slowly growing out of their youthful gang years and have to face the worries of ...

Two friends fall in love with the same girl and end up in a situation that can only make everyone un...

When stubborn, spotty Kevin and his equally hopeless best friend Perry go on holiday to the party is...

Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element...

When 17-year-old Effi Briest marries the elderly Baron von Instetten, she moves to a small, isolated...

Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents w...