Sonja (2006)
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Sabrina Kruschwitz, Julia Kaufmann, Nadja Engel, Christian Kirste, Joachim Lätsch
A teenager’s summer becomes a painful journey of self-discovery when her closeness with a friend develops into deeper feelings.
The story
Sixteen-year-old Sonya spends the summer in the city, unsettled by tensions with her boyfriend, Anton, and a complicated relationship with her mother. Though Anton likes her and her mother loves and worries about her, Sonya cannot find peace or happiness in those relationships. Her friend Julia is the one person with whom she feels comfortable and able to open up. As Sonya recognizes that her feelings for Julia have grown beyond friendship, she faces painful inner turmoil and begins a summer of trying to understand herself, her identity, and what she wants.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Sixteen-year-old Sonya spends the summer in the city. Things aren’t going well with her boyfriend, Anton, and her relationship with her mother is complicated. It would seem that Sonya has made all these problems up herself. After all, Anton really likes her, and her mother loves her and worries about her. But Sonya finds neither peace nor happiness in any of this. The only person who understands her is her friend Julia. It is with Julia that Sonya feels comfortable and at ease, and with her that she can open up most fully. However, realizing that her feelings for Julia go beyond friendship and have taken on a deeper meaning plunges Sonya into painful inner turmoil. This summer, she is destined to meet herself and begin to understand who she is, and what her feelings and desires are.
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