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Boys don't cry

Seventeen year old Luca doesn’t feel like a real girl at all. Her mother also always tells her to lose weight. Luca wins a meet and greet with her Idol, the Popstar Felix West and tries to change everything about herself. Meanwhile she doesn’t notice, that her best friend Noah is in danger…

  • Madita Rutten
    Director
  • Madita Rutten
    Writer
  • Madita Rutten
    Producer
  • Lynn Carina Feltes
    Producer
  • Madita Rutten
    Key Cast
    "Luca Dierkhaus"
  • Luca Müller
    Key Cast
    "Noah Mind "
  • Joshua Behrens
    Key Cast
    "Felix West"
  • Veit Alex
    Key Cast
    "Sidney"
  • Fabrice Kiffel
    DOP
  • Paul Schiefelbein
    Music
  • Yared Schneider
    Sound on Set
  • Fabian Gatavizadeh
    Chief lightning technican
  • Patrik Hochnadel
    Editor
  • Madita Rutten
    Editor
  • Tristan Fuhrman
    Sounddesign
  • Fabian Gataavizadeh
    Colorist
  • Madita Rutten
    VFX
  • Paul Schiefelbein
    VFX
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Boys don't cry
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Coming of Age, Teenie, Comedy, Drama
  • Runtime:
    16 minutes 53 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 15, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    1,500 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2,39:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Ruhrakademie Schwerte
  • Madita Rutten
Distribution Information
  • Madita Rutten
    Country: Germany
Director Biography - Madita Rutten

Madita Rutten is a German Director & Actress based in Cologne. She also works as a screenwriter.

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Director Statement

As a teenager I always struggled to connect with the main character in coming-of-age movies, so I decided it was time to give the sarcastic, fucked up girl with boys clothes and bad skin a stage.