Wetlands (2013)

R08/22/2013Drama, Comedy1h 49m
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Get ready for Helen.

Overview

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...

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Carla Juri

    Helen Memel

  2. Cast 1

    Axel Milberg

    Helen's Father

  3. Cast 1

    Meret Becker

    Helen's Mother

  4. Cast 1

    Peri Baumeister

    Valerie

  5. Cast 1

    Christoph Letkowski

    Robin

  6. Cast 1

    Edgar Selge

    Dr. Notz

  7. Marlen Kruse

    Corinna

  8. Clara Wunsch

    Helen (8 years)

  9. Cast 1

    Ludger Bökelmann

    Toni

The reason I watched it was the director. 'Combat Girls' was a very good movie and I expected a similar result from this. But it was a totally different entertainer, so original and I was hooked throughout. It was based on the novel of the same name, a well received book and even it was translated to English later. But had some debate over saying it was an erotic related topic. Whatever, I don't know the book, because I'm kind of a movie guy, so saw it and liked it. I did not find anything like the book was criticised. You're going to create your own visuals while reading a book, but in a m...