

Amateur Teens
2015-09-30 · 92 min · ★ 4.8
A group of normal 14-year-old teenagers at a secondary school in Zürich with the normal yearnings for love and acceptance. But the power of social media, with its high-gloss selfies and perpetual pressure towards cooler and sexier, increasingly forces the kids to deny their true feelings. So a tragedy runs its course, one in which it is almost impossible to differentiate between perpetrator and victim, guilt and innocence.
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- Directors
- Niklaus Hilber
- Production companies
- Leaves & Leaches Pictures, A Film Company
- Countries
- Switzerland
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Fabrizio BorsaniSelim
Jérôme HummJan
Benjamin DangelAdi
Annina WaltLara
Chiara Carla BärSabrina
Luna WedlerMilena
Zoë Pastelle HolthuizenAlina
Fayrouz GabrielFatima
Veton HamzaKemal
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