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The Unpolished

Original title: Die Unerzogenen
  • 2007
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
410
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The Unpolished (2007)
Drama

A 15-year-old girl whose free-spirited parents provide no sense of stability finds the roles between parent and child perpetually shifting in this family drama. Stevie's life is an unpredict... Read allA 15-year-old girl whose free-spirited parents provide no sense of stability finds the roles between parent and child perpetually shifting in this family drama. Stevie's life is an unpredictable mess -- a fact she casually credits to her mother and father's excessive lifestyle. W... Read allA 15-year-old girl whose free-spirited parents provide no sense of stability finds the roles between parent and child perpetually shifting in this family drama. Stevie's life is an unpredictable mess -- a fact she casually credits to her mother and father's excessive lifestyle. When her parents announce that the family will be moving to a town in the German countrysid... Read all

  • Director
    • Pia Marais
  • Writers
    • Horst Markgraf
    • Pia Marais
    • Malin Schwerdtfeger
  • Stars
    • Ceci Chuh
    • Birol Ünel
    • Pascale Schiller
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    410
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Pia Marais
    • Writers
      • Horst Markgraf
      • Pia Marais
      • Malin Schwerdtfeger
    • Stars
      • Ceci Chuh
      • Birol Ünel
      • Pascale Schiller
    • 4User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 1 nomination

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    Ceci Chuh
    Ceci Chuh
    • Stevie
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    Birol Ünel
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    Pascale Schiller
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    Georg Friedrich
    Georg Friedrich
    • Ingmar
    Johanna Gastdorf
    Johanna Gastdorf
    • Dr. Irm Branzger
    Jakob Gillmann
    Laura Henschel
    Laura Henschel
    • Edith
    Dieudonné Kabongo
    • Didier
    Jan Litzinger
    • Micha
    Joseph Malerba
    Joseph Malerba
    • Eric
    Joana Preiss
    Joana Preiss
    • Louise
    Dominique Wegner
    • Kai
    • Director
      • Pia Marais
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      • Pia Marais
      • Malin Schwerdtfeger
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      Referenced in Midnight Movie Review: The Unpolished (2011)

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    6/10
    Broken homes
    "Unpolished", a snapshot from a 14 year old girls' troubled childhood, is based on a true story. Writer-director Pia Marais has drawn heavily on her own experience of growing up in troubled times: "My parents' chaotic life was a major source of inspiration for this movie". As a result, her movie is as touching as it is personal. Yet it is also strikingly similar to Christian Petzold's "The state I am in" (2001). While Marais' lead character Stevie (Ceci Chuh) is raised by a marauding gang of flower power slackers, Petzold's Jeanne (Julia Hummer) is going from town to town with her fugitive terrorist parents. But from the girls' point of view, it doesn't make a big difference that Stevie's family gives peace a chance while Jeanne's parents are blowing up the neighborhood. What matters to them is that they are their parents' second priority at best. When the very people you look to for good sense and guidance have their heads in the clouds, you end up feeling you have nowhere left to run. Outstanding performances by screen débutante Ceci Shuh as Stevie, Pascale Schiller as her hapless mother, and Birol Ünel as her drug-smuggling father.
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    • Release date
      • December 27, 2007 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Official site
      • Official site (Germany)
    • Languages
      • German
      • French
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Parlatılmamış
    • Filming locations
      • Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Pandora Filmproduktion
      • Südwestrundfunk (SWR)
      • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $35,920
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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