L'Animale

Berlinale Cross-section
Panorama Special & Generation 14+

L'Animale

A Film by Katharina Mückstein

2018 - Austria - Drama - 2.39 - 96 min.

with Sophie STOCKINGER , Kathrin RESETARITS , Dominik WARTA , Julia FRANZ RICHTER & Jack HOFER

Language: German
Produced by Michael Kitzberger , Flavio Marchetti & Katharina Mückstein

Mati and her boy gang on their tuned motocross bikes are the terror of their village and make life difficult for all the girls. But when Sebastian, the leader of the pack, falls in love with Mati and she becomes friends with Carla, one of the victims of their needling, Mati runs the risk of losing her place with the boys. At the same time, a deeply hidden secret stands between Mati’s parents, and the two of them must decide: what counts for more, seeming or being?

Berlinale Cross-section
Panorama Special & Generation 14+

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