In her favorite bar, the young seamstress Nore is known primarily for her wild outfits—and for sleeping with an excessive number of men. One evening, the shy Jonna rescues her from a persistent suitor and spontaneously offers her a place to stay. Jonna is dazzled by Nore's beauty as much as by her unrestrained lifestyle, which leaves its mark on their shared apartment life: alcohol, cigarettes, and a constant stream of male visitors, shared like sisters, who often end up back at her door before breakfast. The two women have a lot of fun—until Jonna falls for one-night stand Michel. When Nore threatens to drown in the whirlwind of her perpetual party utopia, Jonna begins to question this lifestyle—and to investigate the reasons behind her best friend's behavior. Hand in hand, the two women embark on a journey into Nore's past, trying to find a new, shared path into the future. Wild and free: With SMALLTOWN GIRL, director Hille Norden establishes herself as a rising star in the firmament of young German cinema. With a radical stylistic vision, her autobiographical film intertwines the contemporary realities of young people's lives with timeless questions about trauma that resonate across generations. Her film creates spaces of remembrance that, in their unflinching honesty and empathetic precision, only great cinema can achieve. A captivating film that entertains while still daring to go where it hurts.