Or maybe you never mustered the courage to tell them. Or maybe it just didn’t work out because life as a teenager can be pretty damn complicated. When watching young Austrian director Monja Art’s debut film, Seventeen (Siebzehn),it’s impossible not reminisce on those forlorn feels. The filmbrilliantly illustrates the kind of unfulfilled and hopelessly romantic love you can never quite shake off you.
The film’s characters inhabit a small rural world that consists only of high school and the local nightclub, far from the next big city. Paula falls head over heels for her classmate Charlotte, who has a boyfriend but at the same time feels strongly drawn to Paula. In an effort to forget about Charlotte, Paula starts getting involved with her classmate Tim.
Watch online Luqman with english subtitles in 720p on this page. And when the manipulative Lilli starts to intrude, things only get more complicated. The drama was recently awarded the Austrian Max Oph.