Lick the Star (1998)

14 min · Coming Of Age, Drama

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Directors

Sofia Coppola

Cast

Christina Turley, Audrey Kelly, Julia Vanderham, Lindsy Drummer, Robert Schwartzman, Rachel Vanni, Peter Bogdanovich

The story

Kate has been absent from seventh grade for a week due to a broken foot. She frets about returning, as she knows how quickly things can change during junior high, and wonders what she has missed. Upon arriving, she learns her clique of friends, led by queen bee Chloe, have developed a catchphrase: "lick the star." The phrase holds mysterious significance to the group, but Kate's absence left her out of the loop, just as she feared.

Catalogue themes and tags

1990s, 20th Century, Coming Of Age, Dependence, Despot, Fellow Student, Freundeskreis, Gossip, Group Dynamics, Headmistress, Idea, Inspiration, Jugendliche, Junge Menschen, Jungs, Mädchen mit langen schwarzen Haaren, North America, Novel, Playground, Poison, Problem, Rumour, School Grade, Schulmädchen, Sklaverei, Smoking, Strenger Lehrer, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, highschool, pubertät, Short Film, Drama, Coming of age, Teen

Genres

Coming Of Age, Drama

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