Synopsis
In the heat of a shimmering Berlin summer, Nora spends her days as a third wheel to her older sister Jule and her best friend Aylin. When Romy comes onto the scene, a friendship blossoms. Nora instantly falls for her, opening up a whole new world and unexpected summer of love.
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Cast
- Lena UrzendowskyNora
- Lena KlenkeJule
- Jella HaaseRomy
- Elina VildanovaAylin
- Anja SchneiderVivienne
- Ogulcan SertYunus
- Mohamed IssaTarek
- Hussein EliraquiAhmad
- Jakob FischerAlex
- Philomena KöbeleAnne
Recommendations
- 88
Movie Nation
Krippendorff squeezes a lot of layers of the urban teen experience into Cocoon’s slim 93 or so minutes, and gives a lot of shades to her characters, who are never simple “types” the way most Hollywood films about high schoolers are. - 80
Film Threat
With an incisive script that trifles with emotional and thematic transparency, Krippendorff authentically captures what it is like to grapple with one’s burgeoning maturity and identity. - 80
Little White Lies
While heartbreak is imminent as it is a coming-of-age film, the absence of hopelessness brings a lightness to the film not begotten by hollowness, and you may even find yourself with a melancholy smile, as Nora’s metamorphosis is complete: she breaks out of her cocoon. - 60
The New York Times
The softness lacks detail, the butterfly metaphors lack originality, but the movie is pleasant, a balmy introduction to adult feelings of desire and belonging. - 60
The Guardian
The film conforms to the coming-of-age template in that romance is followed or superseded by friendship and maturing personal growth. Urzendowsky keeps it all together.
