In this big-budget rock-and-roll fable, two adolescent girls — tough, street-wise Nicky (Robin Johnson) and timid, intellectual Pamela (Trini Alvarado) — meet and give each other the courage to follow their different destinies.

The absence of explicit sexuality was used by straight critics as an excuse to ignore that this is perhaps the most romantic love story between girls ever put on film, a classic female-bonding picture. Music by Patti Smith Group, Lou Reed, Talking Heads, The Ramones, Roxy Music, and more.