13-year old Rikke sees Bea, the new girl in her class, as a challenge. After an endurance test to find which of them can lie longer in a circle of flames, they become friends. However, as a result of some unfortunate truths and half-truths, the friendship falters. Rikke feels that Bea has let her down, and resolves to continue the rivalry between them, but now in a less physical, more artful way. In addition we meet Rikke's elder sister Ninni, who has been in England to learn the language, and has had to leave her great love, a man twelve years her senior. The film is also about the problems Rikke encounters in fulfilling the expectations of those around her as she approaches womanhood.
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Cast
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Sofie Cappelen
Rikke
Also in
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Martine Karlsen
Bea
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Svein Roger Karlsen
Svend
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Billionaire Island
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Anne Krigsvoll
Rikke's mother
Known for
Lilyhammer
Troll 2
Lene Bragli
Elisabeth
Known for
Troubled Water
Tonje Louise Kjølholt
Ninni
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Ragnhild Hilt
Rektor
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I Belong
Blood of the Railroad Workers
Arild Kristo
Inspektør
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Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian Radich
Arild Kristos's verden
Neil Clark
Boot
Also in
EastEnders
No Job for a Lady
Rina Kelly
Ida
Known for
Ragnarok
Simen Mosberg
Thomas
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Silje Andresen
Merete
Also in
A Kiss in the Snow
Bread and Circus
Sirin Eide Director · Maureen Thomas Writer Carle Lange Production designer
First release January 1, 1996 · Produced in Norway · Original title Aldri mer 13!
Production
Norway
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Languages
Original title
Aldri mer 13!
Original language
Norwegian
Spoken on screen
Norwegian
Release dates
Norway · January 1, 1996
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No release date listed for United States.
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