Schmerzende Wahrheit (TV Movie 2000)

Schmerzende Wahrheit: Directed by Lee Rose. With Stockard Channing, Ellen Muth, Kelly Rowan, Jenny O’Hara. A high-school girl’s first sexual experience is with another girl, and, along with her first broken heart, she must deal with her mother’s reaction to her revelation that she is a lesbian and with ostracism at school.

“This film is based on some stilted or manipulated situations, especially those involving the glib wisdom dispensed by Janeu0026#39;s teacher and friends. In fact, the teacher is merely a plot device, showing up as a u0026quot;deus ex machinau0026quot; at exactly the right moments to help Jane.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut the plight of coming out is well portrayed and genuine.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe feeling that u0026quot;no where is safeu0026quot; is the terror experienced by many homosexuals, especially teens. It is good that a TV-movie like this, as pat as it is, was broadcast on Lifetime, the cable network aimed at women. I believe women can overcome the fear of homosexuality better than men who have been indoctrinated into the macho myth that fosters homophobia.”