Synopsis
Wetlands (Feuchtgebiete, 2013) is a provocative German tragicomedy you can watch online on iFILM. David Wnendt adapts Charlotte Roche's notorious bestseller, with Carla Juri in the lead.
Eighteen-year-old Helen rejects every taboo around hygiene and the body, using sex and provocation to rebel against polite bourgeois life. What she wants most, though, is to get her divorced parents back together. An intimate shaving accident lands her in the hospital, where her unusual case quickly makes her a minor sensation. There she meets Robin, a male nurse, and spots a chance to engineer the family reunion she's been craving.
The film is graphic to the point of shock and definitely not for the squeamish: bodily mess is Helen's weapon against a sterile, tidy world. Under all the provocation sits a sad story about a girl starved for affection. Stream Wetlands (2013) online on iFILM.
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