Summaries

A coming-of-age story about a 13-year-old girl trying to fit into both a posh private school and an ordinary public school.

This film is a smart, rueful and dead-on portrait of life's unending quest to fit in; and the girl who solves it by completely breaking out - introduces a feisty outsider hero unlike any other seen on screen. Esther Blueburger's quest begins when she escapes from her Bat Mitzvah party and is befriended by Sunni.., the effortlessly cool girl who is everything Esther thinks she wants to be. With the help of Sunni, Esther goes away from her ordinary life and leaves behind her malfunctioning Jewish family to hang out with Sunni's far breezier and super-hip single mom Mary and attend Sunni's forbidden public school as a Swedish exchange student.—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • deception
  • schoolteacher
  • storytelling
  • rite of passage
  • pretend
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Release date Mar 19, 2008
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG-13
Countries of origin Australia
Language English
Filming locations Memorial Hall, St Peter's College, Hackney, South Australia, Australia
Production companies 120dB Films EB Productions Performing Arts Australia

Box office

Budget $6000000
Gross worldwide $780730

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 43m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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