THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Bel Powley (A Royal Night Out), Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids), Alexander Skarsgård (True Blood), Christopher Meloni (Man of Steel), Austin Lyon (Pitch Perfect 2), Madeleine Waters (film debut), Quinn Nagle (film debut), Abigail Wait (Contagion)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Marielle Heller (film debut), director, writer; Miranda Bailey (Super), Anne Carey (Mr. Holmes), Bert Hamelinck (Bo) and Madeline Samit (Madonna’s Pig), producers; Nate Heller (film debut), composer; Brandon Trost (This Is The End), cinematographer; Marie-Hélène Dozo (Two Days, One Night) and Koen Timmerman (Dave), editors

WHAT’ S IT ABOUT?

Minnie Goetze (Powley), a teenage artist living in 1970s San Francisco, documents in her diary about her affair with the much older Monrow (Skarsgård), who is also the boyfriend of Minnie’s mother Charlotte (Wiig)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The Diary of a Teenage Girl is a funny, dramatic and all round insightful look into the life of a warped teenager and the choices she makes that could either make or break her family connections.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 7TH AUGUST 2015

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