WANJA
2105, Colour, Germany, Focus on World Cinema
Production Team
Director :
Carolina Hellsgård
Screenwriter :
Carolina Hellsgård
Cinematographer :
Kathrin Krottenthaler
Editor :
Carolina Hellsgård, Antonella Sarubbi
Cast :
Anne Ratte-Polle, Nele Trebs, Viktor Minich, Marko Dyrlich, Michael Baderschneider, Mehmet Yilmaz
Music :
Steffen W. Scholz
Film production and Sales :
Prod.: Johanna Aust, Filckfilm, Torstr. 110, 10119 Berlin (Allemagne), tél.: (+49 17) 9260 07 47 , [email protected].
Synopsis
The former bank robber Wanja is released from a long prison sentence. As her feelings of loneliness escalate, Wanja sets out to find work and construct a new identity. Against all odds she lands an internship at a horse race track. In the stable she gets to know the troubled teenager Emma, and a strong friendship develops between the two women. When Emma slips deeper into her own drug abuse, Wanja decides to rescue her.
Director
Carolina Hellsgård works as a scriptwriter, editor and director in Stockholm and Berlin. Her short films, several of which have garnered prizes, have screened at events across Europe. Her directorial debut in features, WANJA was nominated for best first film at this year’s Berlin Festival.
Projections
Friday September 4, 2022 - 11:30 AM - CINÉMA QUARTIER LATIN 15
Saturday September 5, 2022 - 08:40 PM - CINÉMA QUARTIER LATIN 15
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