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The Year I Started Masturbating

2022 · 98 min

A warm, funny and candid look at a woman's messy journey to self-acceptance, balancing awkward laughs with genuine emotion.

Directed by
Erika Wasserman
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring
Katia Winter, Jesper Zuschlag, Nour El Refai
Overview
Ambitious overachiever Hanna just needs one more kid before her life is perfect. Instead, her baby daddy unexpectedly dumps her. Suddenly, she finds herself without a place to live, job or family. With every fiber of her being set for victory, Hanna refuses to give up and decides to win him back. But to get there means having to win something much more important, love and desire for herself and who she is.

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Stream in the UK
  • Netflix
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Erika Wasserman
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring
Katia Winter, Jesper Zuschlag, Nour El Refai
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • sexuality
  • love
  • family
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Erika Wasserman
Written by
Christin Magdu, Erika Wasserman
Starring
Katia Winter, Jesper Zuschlag, Nour El Refai, Henrik Dorsin, Bahar Pars, Vera Carlbom, Hannes Fohlin, Siw Erixon
Music
Anders af Klintberg, Matti Bye
Cinematography
Niels Buchholzer
Runtime
98 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
Danish, Swedish

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