About A Girl Catharina Deus, Germany, 2005 9:30

Johanna (aka Joe) is a rebel without a cause at odds with everyone around her. She can’t keep a job because of her bad temper and she’s ostracized by the local girls who call her a “dyke.” An mix of vulnerability and defiance, Joe is torn between wanting to fight back and needing to belong. Her passionate friendship with her friend Stella and her love of boxing seem to show her a way out. But it takes courage to be different. Will Joe persist with her dream of becoming a boxer in the face of hostility and rejection from the male boxers around her? Or will she give in and settle down to play housewife to a charming young man intent on taming her?  Video, 105 min.

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