Christiane F (1981). Uli Edel.

if u kinda suspect u ll like this film, u r totally wrong, because u r gonna love it. this is one of the best drug films ever made. i understand that the makers at that time didnt expect such a great response due to the subject matter but it s a small dirty work of art. the plot is just very simple and very real since it s based on the story of the real Christiane F. but it could just be the story of anybody. just the story of a young David Bowie obsessed girl (Natja Brunckhorst) and her descent into the world of addiction, n the story of all the other kids around her, set against the bleak heroin capital of Berlin in the late 70s.
there r those who claim this is the ultimate anti-drug film, n those who claim the message of the film is very contradictory since all the David Bowie music etc is glamouring it up a great deal and making drugs look perhaps a tiny bit too cool, but i just disagree with both of them since i dont think that a good film is ever trying to preach n teach. there s no hidden message of take drugs or dont take drugs, cos then it would never manage to be as brilliant as it actually is. it is like a raw poem in which teenagers are finally portrayed by teenagers acting like teenagers without the pretentious of today's youth and the prude of the film industry.
the acting is breath taking and considering all these kids were not professionals or junkies, it s even more astonishing the way they totally draw the viewer into their small deadly world of the big H. the soundtrack, even thought not the best Bowie era in my opinion, is fantastically suited to the film as well. all in all i m completely in love with Uli Edel's little gemstone, which u should only watch in the german version (with the subtitles u might need).