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The Year I Started Masturbating

The Year I Started Masturbating

20225.81h 38m

Overview

Ambitious overachiever Hanna just needs one more kid before her life is perfect. Instead, her baby daddy unexpectedly dumps her. Suddenly, she finds herself without a place to live, job or family. With every fiber of her being set for victory, Hanna refuses to give up and decides to win him back. But to get there means having to win something much more important, love and desire for herself and who she is.

Directed by Erika Wasserman
Written by Erika Wasserman, Christin Magdu, Bahar Pars
Produced by Erika Wasserman, Frida Mårtensson, Nina Bisgaard
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Top Cast

Katia Winter

Katia Winter

Hanna

Jesper Zuschlag

Jesper Zuschlag

Morten

Nour El Refai

Nour El Refai

Carolin

Henrik Dorsin

Henrik Dorsin

Staffan

Bahar Pars

Bahar Pars

Leyla

Vera Carlbom

Vera Carlbom

Liv

Hannes Fohlin

Hannes Fohlin

Adam

Siw Erixon

Siw Erixon

Eva

A

Antonio Di Ponziano

Marco

Pablo Leiva Wenger

Pablo Leiva Wenger

Ali

Themes & Keywords

midlife crisisself-discoverysexualitymasturbationsexual discoveryfemale masturbation

About The Year I Started Masturbating

The Year I Started Masturbating is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 2022 exploring themes of midlife crisis, self-discovery, sexuality, masturbation, sexual discovery, female masturbation. Directed by Erika Wasserman, it stars Katia Winter, Jesper Zuschlag, Nour El Refai. Ambitious overachiever Hanna just needs one more kid before her life is perfect. Instead, her baby daddy unexpectedly dumps her. Suddenly, she finds herself without a place to live, job or family. With every fiber of her being set for victory, Hanna refuses to give up and decides to win him back. But to get there means having to win something much more important, love and desire for herself and who she is.

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