Life Hits (2006)
"Råzone" (original title)

Christina is living in a suburb to Copenhagen. With her class mates Cecilie, Trine and Pernille, a tight-knit gang of girlfriends, she slacks her schoolwork, living mostly for the weekends ... See full summary »

Director:

Christian E. Christiansen

Writers:

Christian E. Christiansen, Jesper N. Christiansen (story),

Stars:

Laura Christensen, Stephanie Leon, Julie R. Ølgaard

10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Laura Christensen	...	Christina
Stephanie Leon	...	Cecilie
Julie R. Ølgaard	...	Trine (as Julie Ølgaard)
Sara Møller Olsen	...	Pernille (as Sara Line Møller Olsen)
Mette Riber Christoffersen	...	Anja
Cyron Melville	...	Nikolaj (as Cyron Bjørn Melville)
Murad Mahmoud	...	Shaid
Henrik Birch	...	Christinas Far
Hans Henrik Voetmann	...	Clausen
Henrik Larsen	...	Lønnerup
Claus List Mikkelsen	...	Børgesen
Sarah Boberg	...	Lærerinde (as Sarah Kjærsgaard Boberg)
Ebba Fjeldmose	...	Ældre Dame
Neel Rønholt	...	Lise
Mikkel Vadsholt	...	Taxachauffør

Storyline

Christina is living in a suburb to Copenhagen. With her class mates Cecilie, Trine and Pernille, a tight-knit gang of girlfriends, she slacks her schoolwork, living mostly for the weekends of gate crashing, getting drunk, experimenting with drugs and scoring guys. But her world is turned upside down when Cecilie's boyfriend Shaid starts hitting on her, and Cecilie mistakenly believes the two of them are making out. Cecilie takes offense at Christina and the other girls turn furious. Suddenly Christina is on the receiving end of the girls' wrath, being bullied. Quickly things are getting out of hand and suddenly everything is too late!

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Plot Keywords:

girl gang | female nudity | school violence | coming of age

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Taglines:

You better watch it!

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Officiel site [dk]

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Release Date:

7 July 2006 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

Life Hits

Filming Locations:

Hvidovre, Sjælland, Denmark

Box Office

Budget:

€546,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Zentropa Entertainments

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min 93 min (European Film Market)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in The Roommate (2011)

User Reviews

Realistic portrayal of rough youth

A realistically told story on youngsters life on edge. About mean girls, flocking up against each other. I wouldn't say this is everyday life everywhere, but somewhere this will be the case, like at this school in a Danish city, presumably Copenhagen.

This is the Danish director Christian E. Christiansen's directorial debut. The story is about a group of 16-year-olds girls turning against one of them, Christina, after a misunderstanding caused by one of the girl's boyfriends, a mean guy, and a little lie following that. Christina's friends conclude that she is having an affair, and starts giving her hell.

This is strong stuff, and probably the likes which will get parents chocked, like it did after the premiere in Denmark. Great play all over, and filmed in a realistically documentary style with hand-held camera, though not very shaky, I found this engaging to watch.

A strong coming of age story, not afraid to show what's happening out there in the jungle out there we let our kids every day. Troubled youths making things worse by making it escalate into something quite out of control with theft, drugs, sex and bullying. Well worth a watch if you want to know what's going on out there.