Turn the Page (1999): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1999, Turn the Page is a drama film directed by Jonas Åkerlund, running about 15 minutes. “Here I am, on the road again.” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. In this short film, Ginger Lynn Allen plays the night club stripper/prostitute who is trying to raise her 12 year old daughter. We see daily scenes from her daily life. We hear the story both from the daughter's point of view and her mother's. The mother who is over 35 says she always wanted to be rock star. Her daughter indistinctly and unconsciously questions his mother's way of raising her. For instance, she says things sort of "my mother tells me that I should never start smoking but she smokes a lot" while her mother is smoking as her daughter is asleep or "my mother tells me not to watch a lot of TV because there is too much garbage on TV but she just watches TV more than I do." Ginger Lynn Allen's acting is quite good. Her striptease polo dance and the brutal sex she had to suffer at the end of the movie are among the most memorable scenes of the movie. I guess these scenes could have been more careful if the movie had not been shot in documentary-like voice-over.

Who’s in it. Turn the Page stars Ginger Lynn Allen as Stripper / Prostitute.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.3/10, Turn the Page has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Turn the Page page.

If you liked it. Fans of Turn the Page tend to enjoy Die Verurteilten, Der Pate, Schindlers Liste and Der Pate - Teil II.