Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger

103 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 20, 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.

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger

103 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 20, 2008

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Australian Film Commission, Australian Film Finance Corporation, South Australian Film Corporation, 120dB Films, Tama Production
Original title Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
Directors Chris Webb, Paul Kiely, Cathy Randall
Writers Duncan Thompson, Miriam Stein, Joan Sauers

Cast

Danielle Catanzariti

as Esther Blueburger

Toni Collette

as Mary

Christian Byers

as Jacob Blueburger

Essie Davis

as Grace Blueburger

Russell Dykstra

as Osmond Blueburger / Music Teacher

Jonny Pasvolsky

as Mr. Hooper

Cassandra Jinman

as The Slug

Yen Yen Stender

as Ribbon 2 / Lissy

Talia Monaghan

as Ribbon 1 / Missy

Laura Kettle

as Ribbon 3 / Demi

Lucy Carey

as Ribbon 4 / Sienna

Tisha Adey

as Ribbon 5 / Prudence

Leticia Monaghan

as Prefect / Cynthia

Edwin Hodgeman

as Rabbi

Vanessa Downing

as Music Teacher

Poh Ling Yeow

as Sales Assistant

Bridget Walters

as Mrs Rosen

Esme Proudman

as Mrs. Silverman

Deidre Rubenstein

as Mrs. Fleisher

Tony Mack

as Science Teacher

Elise Champion

as Helen

Nikita Adams

as Piper

Daniela Ganter

as Alex

Alex DeGaris-Boot

as Braces Boy

Mark Gaweda

as Psychiatrist

Paul Blackwell

as Mr. Duke

Lyn Pike

as Sunii's Grandmother

Joey Kennedy

as Policewoman

Caitlin McDougall

as Miss Koolkats

Patrick Frost

as Sunni's Grandfather