Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger (2008)
This film is a smart, rueful and dead-on portrait of life's unending quest to fit in; and the girl who solves it by completely breaking out - introduces a feisty outsider hero unlike any other seen on screen. Esther Blueburger's quest begins when she escapes from her Bat Mitzvah party and is befriended by Sunni.., the effortlessly cool girl who is everything Esther thinks she wants to be. With the help of Sunni, Esther goes away from her ordinary life and leaves behind her malfunctioning Jewish family to hang out with Sunni's far breezier and super-hip single mom Mary and attend Sunni's forbidden public school as a Swedish exchange student.
Released: Mar 20, 2008
Runtime: 103 minutes
Stars: Danielle Catanzariti, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Toni Collette, Christian Byers, Essie Davis, Russell Dykstra
Crew: Miriam Stein (Script Editor), Paul Spencer (Construction Manager), Liam Egan (Sound Designer), Sally Clarke (Production Coordinator), Shane Thomas (Key Makeup Artist), Teena Mestres (Assistant Editor)