Admission Policy

Complimentary for Current Members

Guest (Non-Members)
$15.00
at the door


Doors Open
9:00 AM

Screening Start
9:30 AM




“Beautiful Bitch”
Palm Springs' Premiere



Saturday - November 1, 2008
Doors Open for Complimentary Refreshments at 9:00 AM
Film Begins Promptly at 9:30 AM
Camelot Theatres
2300 Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA

Bica is a fifteen year old girl who is better known on the streets by the nickname "Bitch."  Approached by crooked former lawman named Cristu with an offer to raise the money her family so desperately needs, Bica travels to Germany only to discover that she will not be working a legitimate job, but instead inducted into a clandestine pickpocketing organization.

AWARDS:  Best Foreign Film Santa Barbara 2008, Oengoeren Prize for Democracy & Human Rights 2008, Special Mention (Katharina Derr) Viareggio 2008

FESTIVALS:  Montreal 2007, Hof 2007, FICI Madrid 2007, Stockholm Junior 2007, Berlin 2008 (German Cinema), Santa Barbara 2008, Viareggio 2008, Warsaw 2008

Writer/Director:  Martin Theo Krieger
Distributor:  Atrix Films
Genre:  Drama
Runtime:  103 minutes
Country:  Germany, Romania
Language:  German with/English subtitles
Rating:  Parental Guidance
Official Trailer




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