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starring

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and

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, and directed by Rafal Zielinski. Both Witt and Humphrey won a Special Jury Recognition award at the 1994

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. The film centers on the murder of an elderly woman by two mentally unstable girls. The film is based on a play by James Bosley, which was in turn based on an actual murder that was committed in

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in 1983 by 14-year-old Shirley Wolf and 15-year-old Cindy Collier. The film's title is derived from a diary entry by Wolf, which read: "Today, Cindy and I ran away and killed an old lady. It was lots of fun."

Plot

The film is told in flashbacks detailing the girls' relationship (in color), and their time in juvenile detention center (in black and white). Bonnie, aged 14, and Hillary, aged 15, meet at a bus stop in

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, California, and begin a friendship. They stroll around their city, chuck rocks onto a

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from an overpass bridge, run rampant in shopping malls, and play

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. Their day escalates into an eruption of violence and rage when they brutally stab an elderly woman to death. They then run to a

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and attempt to wash off the blood from their clothes. After their arrest, they claim that the murder was purely just for "fun". The story moves from the juvenile detention center where the girls are kept, to the girls on the day of the killing.

Cast

as Hillary *

as Bonnie * William R. Moses as John * Leslie Hope as Jane *Ania Suli as Mrs. Farmer

References

External links

* * 1994 crime drama films 1994 films 1990s teen films Canadian crime drama films English-language Canadian films Films directed by Rafal Zielinski Films set in Los Angeles Teensploitation Films about murder Canadian films based on plays 1990s English-language films 1990s Canadian films {{1990s-crime-drama-film-stub Canadian independent films 1994 independent films Sundance Film Festival award winners