- 22 Jul 2008, 23:56
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Sonja (2006) - Kirsi Liimatainen
In a coming of age tale that everyone can appreciate, director Kirsi Liimatainen (Modlicha, The Time
of Spring) offers us a glimpse into the lives of Sonja (Sabrina Kruschwitz) and Julia (Julia
Kaufmann), two teenaged girls attempting to navigate the hazardous terrain of their own burgeoning
sexualities. While Sonja revels in each stolen moment of intimacy, Julia seems more ambivalent –
leading Sonja to wonder if she and her friend can really see eye to eye. Kruschwitz and Kaufmann turn
out subtle, emotional performances, evoking with equal sensitivity both the anxieties and joys of
teenaged girlhood. Winner of a number of festival awards, including Best Foreign Feature at the
Panorama of Independent Film Makers, Sonja is a moving and beautifully understated tribute to
adolescence and how sometimes a single moment can become your entire world.
Devojke, imate li jos ovoga?
In a coming of age tale that everyone can appreciate, director Kirsi Liimatainen (Modlicha, The Time
of Spring) offers us a glimpse into the lives of Sonja (Sabrina Kruschwitz) and Julia (Julia
Kaufmann), two teenaged girls attempting to navigate the hazardous terrain of their own burgeoning
sexualities. While Sonja revels in each stolen moment of intimacy, Julia seems more ambivalent –
leading Sonja to wonder if she and her friend can really see eye to eye. Kruschwitz and Kaufmann turn
out subtle, emotional performances, evoking with equal sensitivity both the anxieties and joys of
teenaged girlhood. Winner of a number of festival awards, including Best Foreign Feature at the
Panorama of Independent Film Makers, Sonja is a moving and beautifully understated tribute to
adolescence and how sometimes a single moment can become your entire world.
Devojke, imate li jos ovoga?
