Christiane F. is a dark movie with a clear message: stay away from the Drug's world. I never read the book, but the movie itself does a pretty good job showing the life of a teenager girl called Christiane, who lives in Berlim and starts to be addicted to heavy drugs,even working as a prostitute to support her addiction. She sees many of her young friends dying because of the drugs,and decides to quit. But of course, it is not easy as it sounds.
What makes the movie even more shocking, is to know that it is real: It's Christiane Vera Felscherinow's autobiography in the drugs's and sex's underworld. Nowadays is becoming quite normal to see movies and books based in biographies of people or even teenagers ,who had problems with sex,drugs and violence, but this movie is a pioneer in the theme, since is from 1981.
I read that both actors who played Christiane(Natja Brunckhorst) and Detlef( Tomas Haustein) were beginners in that time, so, I think they were great,since they really look like two junkies living in a hell.
What makes the movie even more shocking, is to know that it is real: It's Christiane Vera Felscherinow's autobiography in the drugs's and sex's underworld. Nowadays is becoming quite normal to see movies and books based in biographies of people or even teenagers ,who had problems with sex,drugs and violence, but this movie is a pioneer in the theme, since is from 1981.
I read that both actors who played Christiane(Natja Brunckhorst) and Detlef( Tomas Haustein) were beginners in that time, so, I think they were great,since they really look like two junkies living in a hell.