The Exploding Girl (2009)

79 min · Coming Of Age, Drama, Melodrama, Romance Film, drama film, romantic comedy

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Directors

Bradley Rust Gray

Cast

Zoe Kazan, Mark Rendall, Maryann Urbano, Franklin Pipp

The story

Ivy is a college student suffering from juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, who has returned home to Brooklyn for spring break. While she stays at her mother's house, her childhood friend Al, also home from college, asks to crash on their couch as his parents have rented out his room. Over the course of the break, Ivy and Al spend most of their time together, strengthening their already deep bond, especially after Ivy's distant college boyfriend breaks up with her via telephone.

Catalogue themes and tags

Admirer, Affection, Being Dumped, Boredom, Brooklyn, Care, College, Coming Of Age, Confession of Love, Confidence, Disziplin, Emotions, Empathy, Ende einer Beziehung, Epilepsy, Gegenwart, Helpfulness, Krankheit, Lovestory, Medic, New Yorker, Problematic Relationship, Psyche, Suppressed Love, Surpression, Teenage Angst, Telephone, Tenderness, Trennung, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Way of Life, arzneimittel, gebrochenes Herz, romanze, verlieben

Genres

Coming Of Age, Drama, Melodrama, Romance Film, drama film, romantic comedy

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