I tried to make it both funny and sad, because life is like that. “ films are tender, humble, very human films, and this is what I wanted to capture with Glowing Stars. “I love Mike Leigh’s films, in particular Secrets and Lies,” she said. Glowing Stars is reminiscent in its realistic feel and style of Mike Leigh’s work, an influence that first-time director Siwe is proud to cite. When Jenna’s mother’s condition becomes critical, Ulli helps Jenna see the “glowing stars” in the dark sky. She becomes friends with the class “cool girl” Ulli, who parties and has fun with boys and booze. When her mother worsens, they move to her grandmother’s flat but things become tense as Jenna does not like her serious, patronising nanny. While Jenna is strong and puts up a brave front, when her teacher asks her to write an essay about love, one line says it all: “Mum, if you die, I’ll kill myself.”
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