About a Girl

Charleen is nearly 16 and is one of those teens who seem to be drawn to dark and gloomy things; she's got a traineeship at an undertaker's and is passionate about Kurt Cobain. After a botched suicide attempt, she finds herself in the hospital. Now comes real stress: her crazy family, a creepy therapist, a by-the-book social worker, a perplexed best friend and a classroom full of idiots. But there's also Linus, the school nerd whom she meets at the therapist's. Weird but caring, he's interesting and fun to be with. And after her first kiss with Linus and their first tentative embraces, it dawns on Charleen that the opposite of death is love – and that life deserves a second chance. (Zlín Film Festival)