Wetlands
Helen is fully alive in a way that's all too rare on our movie screens. She's not out to shock or sicken; that's your problem, not hers.
Wetlands
Eighteen-year-old German Helen Memel (a terrific Carla Juri) likes to skateboard, masturbate with vegetables and thinks that body hygiene is greatly overrated. Struggling with her parents’ divorce, she spends her time experimenting and breaking one social taboo after the other with her best friend, Corinna (Marlen Kruse). When a shaving accident lands her in the hospital, she sees it as a way to reconcile her parents and forms an unlikely bond with her male nurse, Robin (Christoph Letkowski). WETLANDS is an unapologetically vulgar coming-of-age tale about divorce, first love and anal fissures.
Based on the best-selling novel by Charlotte Roche and an official selection of the Sundance, Locarno and South by Southwest Film Festivals.
Based on the best-selling novel by Charlotte Roche and an official selection of the Sundance, Locarno and South by Southwest Film Festivals.
Genre
Comedy,
Drama
Runtime
109
Language
German
Director
David Wnendt
Cast
Meret Becker
Awards:
Winner, Grand Jury Prize ~ World Cinema Dramatic, Sundance Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Sara Stewart, New York Post
Take note, Lars von Trier: This is how you do a truly funny, subversive movie about a woman’s obsession with the human body and sex. “Wetlands,” adapted from the controversial German novel by Charlotte Roche, is narrated by 18-year-old Helen (Carla Juri), who by way of introduction informs us she’s ...
Played at
Playhouse 7 9.20.14 - 10.05.14
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