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Wetlands

Wetlands

Get ready for Helen.

20135.31h 49m

Overview

Helen is a nonconformist teenage girl who maintains a conflictual relationship with her parents. Hanging out most of her time with her friend Corinna, with whom she breaks one social taboo after another, she uses sex as a way to rebel and break the conventional bourgeois ethic. After an intimate shaving accident, Helen ends up in the hospital where it doesn’t take long before she makes waves. But there she finds Robin, a male nurse who will sweep her off her feet...

Directed by David Wnendt
Written by Sabine Pochhammer, Charlotte Roche, Claus Falkenberg
Produced by Peter Rommel
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Top Cast

Carla Juri

Carla Juri

Helen Memel

Axel Milberg

Axel Milberg

Helen's Father

Meret Becker

Meret Becker

Helen's Mother

Peri Baumeister

Peri Baumeister

Valerie

Christoph Letkowski

Christoph Letkowski

Robin

Edgar Selge

Edgar Selge

Dr. Notz

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Marlen Kruse

Corinna

C

Clara Wunsch

Helen (8 years)

Ludger Bökelmann

Ludger Bökelmann

Toni

Bernardo Arias Porras

Bernardo Arias Porras

Michael

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookbased on true storyhospitalmasturbationirreverencedoctor patient relationshipdivorced parentspersonal hygienebased on real person

About Wetlands

Wetlands is a drama, comedy film released in 2013 exploring themes of based on novel or book, based on true story, hospital, masturbation, irreverence, doctor patient relationship. Directed by David Wnendt, it stars Carla Juri, Axel Milberg, Meret Becker. Helen is a nonconformist teenage girl who maintains a conflictual relationship with her parents. Hanging out most of her time with her friend Corinna, with whom she breaks one social taboo after another, she uses sex as a way to rebel and break the conventional bourgeois ethic. After an intimate shaving accident, Helen ends up in the hospital where it doesn’t take long before she makes waves. But there she finds Robin, a male nurse who will sweep her off her feet...

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