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The protagonists of the film are two 13 year-old girls – Paula and Nadin. Paula lives in Auce, Latvia, far from the rush of the capital. She zealously follows the latest fashion trends in magazines. Nadin lives in Tonsberg, Norway. She also keeps up with the latest fashion trends and feels free to experiment with her looks. What is the importance of looks in the lives of the girls? How does it affect their relationship with their peers? Is the advice of their mothers important in forming their own opinions? Is being stylish just boom and added stress? And finally, how will the mothers and daughters deal with the inevitable: growing up?

Ilze Burkovska – Jacobsen

Ilze Burkovska - Jacobsen (born December 13, 1971) is a Latvian film director and journalist who has been living in Norway since 1990. Ilze b. Jacobsen has studied TV Directing at Lillehammer. As a filmmaker, she has particularly made documentaries in collaboration with her husband Trond Jacobsen. Together they run the film production company Bivrost Film & TV. Ilze b. Jacobsen is also a Norwegian correspondent for Diena, Latvia's largest newspaper.

Selected Filmography:

The Class Photography / Klassebildet (2001)
Gulliver's Garden / Gullivers hage (2003)
The Scar from Norway / Arret fra Norge (2004)
Boys on the Bridge / Gutta på broen (2005)
Children Meet Art / Barn møter kunst - i Den kulturelle skolesekken (2006)
My Mother's Farm / Min mammas gård (2008)