Cocoon excels in exploring youth culture, multiculturalism, and sexuality, offering us a timeless yet fresh movie that beats with the energy, disappointment, and vitality of youth. Cocoon arrives on-demand from the 11th of December.
Sometimes, one long, hot summer is all it takes to change everything as we emerge from our childhood cocoon into the far more challenging world of adolescence. As the summer sun beats down on Berlin, Leonie Krippendorff explores the uncontrollable heat of adolescence with a delicate yet vibrant portrait of youth that pulses with the trepidation of self-discovery.
Fourteen-year-old Nora (Lena Urzendowsky) looks up to her older sister, Jule (Lena Klenke), desperate to achieve the apparent coolness and peer acceptance she has in her alcohol-fuelled social circle. However, when a new girl arrives at school, Romy (Jella Haase), Nora finds herself suddenly experiencing a whole host of new, scary and confusing feelings. But as Nora’s connection to Romy grows, her relationship with her sister fades, causing sisterly concern. But can Romy offer Nora more than just a sexual awakening in a summer where desire meets change in an explosion of sexuality and love?
Cocoon shines as brightly as the sun beating down on Berlin, with Krippendorff beautifully reflecting the urgency of teenage transformation as we embark on a raw, honest journey alongside Nora and Jule. Here, the fear and apprehension of emerging sexuality are laced with moments of pure joy, excitement and freedom, echoing Show Me Love and Blue is the Warmest Colour.
The cinematography of Martin Neumeyer bathes each scene in the soft glow of summer, the warmth of hope and rebirth, surrounded by the colder tones of inner-city life. Alongside this, the delicate and bold direction of Leonie Krippendorff sees Cocoon excel in exploring youth culture, multiculturalism, and sexuality, offering us a timeless yet fresh movie that beats with the energy, disappointment, and vitality of youth.
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Director: Leonie Krippendorff
Cast: Lena Urzendowsky, Jella Haase, Lena Klenke, Elina Vildanova
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