Meus 15 Anos: O Filme

A schoolgirl who is shy, keeps away from crowds and does not want attention. Then she wins a competition: a large party will be thrown for her fifteenth birthday with everything paid for. She never wanted such a thing. The preparations begin, everyone at school starts to know her, and popularity becomes not an ease but a pressure. Caroline Fioratti directs. Larissa Manoela takes the lead. The fifteenth birthday is a tradition in Brazil; the celebration held for girls is expensive and socially loaded. The whole premise rests on that. Larissa Manoela was widely known among young audiences in Brazil at the time and the film was made straight for them. The narrative runs in the shape of a teen comedy: school, groups of friends, a matter about a boy and the big day. The idea underneath is display itself; the party is arranged not for the girl but for the people around her, and nobody asks her what she wants. It does not step outside its genre and the conflicts resolve easily. Who it is for: anyone curious about teen comedy and Brazilian popular cinema. Who it is not for: the script is predictable, the characters are thin, and the premise looks weak without the cultural context.