It is probably one of the year’s most anticipated releases: The Swiss tragicomedy WANDA, MEIN WUNDER (MY WONDERFUL WANDA) by Bettina Oberli opens the 16th Zurich Film Festival on September 24 and celebrates its world-premiere.
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MY WONDERFUL WANDA – Bettina Oberli
(Zodiac Pictures)
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For the first time in its history, the Zurich Film Festival opens with a movie directed by a female. MY WONDERFUL WANDA tells the story of Polish-born Wanda who looks after patriarch and post-stroke patient Josef at his lakeside family villa. The work is poorly paid, but Wanda needs the money to support her own family back in Poland. As a live-in caregiver, she gains an intimate view of the family’s life, so intimate in fact, that Wanda becomes pregnant.
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MY WONDERFUL WANDA won the 15th Zurich Film Festival’s Filmmaker Award, which supports Swiss film projects in the production and postproduction phases. |
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