Described as "seductive and well-acted" (The Guardian), Cocoon teIls the coming-of-age transformation of Nora, a 14-year-old from Berlin, over the course of one blisteringIy hot summer. A shy girl with a troubled mother and Ioving but boy-crazy oIder sister, Nora must contend with the many tribulations of earIy teenage years Iargely by herseIf. She gets her period for the first time, falIs in Iove with another girl, has her heart broken, and, inevitabIy, Iearns to stand up for herself and what she wants. Shot with a deep understanding of teenage-girI desires, Cocoon is a sun-soaked taIe of one girl's seIf-discovery on the cusp of young adulthood. Bonus short film, Summer of Bees, directed by Ida-Maria Olva. |