At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young girl who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to suicide. Now she is being asked to step into the other role, that of the older Helena. She departs with her assistant to rehearse in Sils Maria; a remote region of the Alps. A young Hollywood starlet with a penchant for scandal is to take find out more...
The heroine's sixteenth birthday turns out to be the worst day of her life, she has a crush on the most popular boy in school, the geekiest boy in school has a crush on her, her sister's getting married and, with all the excitement, the rest of her family forgets her birthday! Hughes reinvented the teen movie by introducing real emotions and anxieties behind the usual run of dating decisions, wild parties and adolescent pranks, this is the second of his trilogy, sandwiching 'The Breakfast Clu find out more...
