The End of Innocence (2005)

Movie
German title	The end of innocence
Original title	12 and Holding
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2005
length	94 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Michael Cuesta
script	Anthony Cipriano
production	Brian Bell Michael Cuesta Jenny Schweitzer Leslie Urdang
music	Pierre Földes
camera	Romeo Tirone
cut	Eric Carlson Kane Platt
occupation
Conor Donovan : Jacob / Rudy Carges Jesse Camacho : Leonard Fisher Zoe Weizenbaum : Malee Chuang Jeremy Renner : Gus Maitland Annabella Sciorra : Carla Chuang Jayne Atkinson : Ashley Carges Linus Roache : Jim Carges Marcia DeBonis : Grace Fisher Tom McGowan : Patrick Fisher

The end of innocence (original title: 12 and Holding ) is a 2005 film by Michael Cuesta . It was his second film after the successful debut LIE The film deals with youth psychological topics using three twelve-year-olds.

action

The lives of a group of twelve-year-olds turn upside down when one of them dies in an argument with other teenagers. Rudy's death changes the lives of his three best friends, the overweight Lenny, the precocious Malee, and his twin brother Jacob.

criticism

"After his controversial" LIE ", Michael Cuesta ventures into emotionally complex terrain again ... Similar to the comparable" Mean Creek "and" Mysterious Skin ", it is about dealing with grief, the awakening of sexuality and the burden of the past what the director cleverly plays out in poetic scenes without ever having a didactic effect. "

- Kino.de

Web links

• The end of innocence in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Screenplay on daily script (English, .pdf document; 135 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The End of Innocence - Critique at kino.de, accessed on August 27, 2010