Virtual Cinema
My Wonderful Wanda
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Virtual Screening Available In the USA
Available Friday, April 23 – Thursday, May 20
Winner of awards at the Tribeca and Vancouver Film Festivals, MY WONDERFUL WANDA is a delightful satire of the haves and the have-nots set against the backdrop of a gorgeous lakeside villa in Switzerland. At the story’s center is Wanda (Agnieszka Grochowska) a Polish caretaker who has left her own small children in Poland to look after Josef (André Jung) the stroke-ridden patriarch of the wealthy Wegmeister-Gloor dynasty. Wanda is adept in navigating the tricky family dynamics between the two grown (if still childish) offspring and the elegant if controlling matriarch Elsa (an amazing Marthe Keller), along with the sporadic intervention of animals stuffed or alive. But an unexpected turn of events turns everything upside down. While MY WONDERFUL WANDA exposes present-day realities of class injustice, thanks to writer-director Bettina Oberli’s empathetic lens, it is never less than a very human comedy.
In German with English subtitles.
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Genre
Comedy, Drama, Foreign Language, Immigration, Subtitled, Award Winner, Female Filmmaker
Runtime
111 min
Release Year
2020
Director
Bettina Oberli
Producer
Lukas Hobi, Reto Schärli
Cast
Gottfried Breitfuss, Agnieszka Grochowska, André Jung, Marthe Keller
Country
Switzerland