Movie

Wetlands

2013 · 109 min

A brash, bodily, taboo-pushing provocation that keeps you squirming and laughing, then quietly lands an emotional punch about family wounds.

Tagline: 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...
How it feels: Absurd, satirical, earnest and dark. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Coming-of-age, identity, family, sexuality
Content: Strong sexual content and language. Mild violence and gore.
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Tone: absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
identity
family
sexuality
trauma
Places: hospital
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong