Director: Urška Djukić
Cast: Jara Sofija Ostan, Mina Švajger, Saša Tabaković, Nataša Burger, Staša Popovič
Little Trouble Girls is a 2025 European coming-of-age drama directed by Urška Djukić, set across Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Italy. The film follows a teenage girl navigating first love, religious devotion, and the pull of friendship during a pivotal summer away from home.
What is Little Trouble Girls about?
Sixteen-year-old Lucia enrols in a Catholic school choir and quickly forms a close bond with the older, self-assured Ana-Maria. When the choir travels to a retreat, Lucia finds herself drawn to a young restoration worker at the site — an unexpected attraction that stirs jealousy in Ana-Maria and forces Lucia to confront questions about identity, belonging, and the limits of the faith she has always taken for granted. The film moves with quiet precision through stolen glances, group rituals, and the charged silences between adolescents who are all, in their own way, trying to figure out who they are before the summer ends.
Cast & crew
Director Urška Djukić brings a delicate hand to the material, drawing naturalistic performances from her young ensemble. Jara Sofija Ostan plays Lucia with understated vulnerability, while Mina Švajger brings a compelling mix of warmth and competitive edge to Ana-Maria. The supporting cast — including Saša Tabaković, Nataša Burger, and Saša Pavček — anchors the film's world with lived-in authenticity.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, Little Trouble Girls speaks to a universally familiar tension: the pressure of institutional expectation — religious, familial, social — pressing down on a young woman who is only beginning to understand herself. That dynamic resonates deeply with Iranian audiences who grew up navigating similar structures. The film arrives with a Persian dub, making it fully accessible without subtitles, and its intimate European setting offers a thoughtful counterpoint to the larger, noisier coming-of-age stories that dominate mainstream streaming. At 90 minutes it is an efficient, emotionally honest watch.
Where & how to watch
Little Trouble Girls is available on K-Time with both a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, so you can watch it whichever way suits you. Stream on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Cancel anytime.