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WANJA
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Completed - ENGLISH - Drama - 87 minutes

Log Line

The former bank robber Wanja is released from a long prison sentence, she gets to know the young stable girl Emma, and for a while it looks like Wanja will make it in the free world.

Year of production : 2015

Director(s) : Carolina HELLSGÅRD
Writer(s) : Carolina HELLSGÅRD
Cast : Anne RATTE-POLLE

Producer(s) : Johanna AUST (Flickfilm GbR)

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 hereby 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.

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Country(ies) : GERMANY

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Festivals and Awards

Berlinale 2015 (Perspektive deutsches Kino, nominated for the Berlinale Best First Feature Award)


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