Wanja (2015)

  • NR
  • 10/31/2015 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 27m

Overview

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.

Carolina Hellsgård

Director, Writer

Cast

Anne Ratte-Polle's headshot

Anne Ratte-Polle

Wanja
Nele Trebs's headshot

Nele Trebs

Emma
Robert Viktor Minich's headshot

Robert Viktor Minich

Rudi
Marko Dyrlich's headshot

Marko Dyrlich

Ulf
Michael Baderschneider's headshot

Michael Baderschneider

Otto
Mehmet Yilmaz's headshot

Mehmet Yilmaz

Nicolas
Jan Bülow's headshot

Jan Bülow

Kevin
Hauke Petersen's headshot

Hauke Petersen

Dennis

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