Wetlands

– Helen is a nonconformist teenage girl who maintains a conflictual relationship with her parents. Han..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 49 Minutes
Release Year:
2013
Original Name:
Feuchtgebiete
Wetlands (2013) - Also known as Feuchtgebiete

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...

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
Filming Locations:
Genre:

Wetlands (2013) - Trailer

Release Date:

22 Aug 2013

Language:

German

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

David Wnendt

Writer:

Claus Falkenberg (screenplay), David Wnendt (screenplay), Sabine Pochhammer, Charlotte Roche (novel)

Main Actors:

Carla Juri, Christoph Letkowski, Marlen Kruse, Meret Becker

Plot:

The eccentric 18 year-old Helen narrates the story of her life, including stories about her preferred sexual practices that involve vegetables, her attitude towards hygiene, drugs, her best friend Corinna and her challenging childhood. The frame story takes place in a hospital where she is treated because of an anal fissure. During her stay she plans to reunite her divorced parents and falls in love with the male nurse Robin.

Awards:

3 wins & 7 nominations.

Production:

Strand Releasing

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
Metacritic:
77%