While there isn't any straight-up nudity or profanity, we're going to call this trailer Nsfw just based on content alone. The German indie Wetlands has already played at Sundance and SXSW, and it's definitely a shocking, gross out comedy, but not in the way that Jackass or American Pie have hit audiences. This one is much more gross, weird and dare we say sexy? The story follows a teenage girl, who doesn't believe in hygiene and masturbates with weird things, forced to spend some time in a hospital after her haphazard shaving techniques result in an anal lesion. This looks peculiar and funny, but in such a wrong way. Watch? Here's the first trailer for David Wnendt's Wetlands from Strand Releasing: Wetlands is directed by David Wnendt, who also co-wrote the script with Claus Falkenberg and Sabine Pochhammer. 18-year-old Helen Memel (Carla Juri) likes to skateboard, masturbate with...
- 8/15/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Palm Springs International Film FestivalCatpics Coproductions
PALM SPRINGS -- Switzerland's official foreign-language Oscar submission, which also is that country's biggest homegrown hit of the past three decades, is a certified crowd-tickler.
Late Bloomers is a genial social satire set in a sleepy Emmental village where a recently widowed octogenarian scandalizes her conservative neighbors by opening a sexy French lingerie shop.
While it could be viewed as a Swiss Calendar Girls with a sprinkle of Chocolat, it's definitely a gentler model, with any real edginess provided by the zesty performance of the film's 87-year-old lead, veteran television actress Stephanie Glaser.
Still, it offers female actors of a certain age (and then some) a real chance to strut their stuff, and given the response from mature Palm Springs International Film Festival audiences, this little film that could -- it was released on home turf by Buena Vista International -- packs the kind of universal appeal that could translate nicely in the hands of the right American distributor.
Having fallen into a depression after the death of her husband, Martha (Glaser) is shown at the outset of the film lying in her bed decked out in Swiss ceremonial garb, ready to join him.
But when she awakens the next morning alive and well, it's clear that there's some unfinished business on Martha's bucket list.
Prodded by three of her friends, including an energetic hairdresser (Heidi Maria Glossner) who had followed her dreams to America, the former seamstress admits a secret fantasy of opening a lingerie boutique.
Quicker than you can say "Frederick's of Trub," the deed is done, much to the outrage of many of her fellow villagers, especially her self-righteous vicar son (Hanspeter Muller-Drossaart).
Director Bettina Oberli, who penned the sprightly script with Sabine Pochhammer, allows the prevailing hypocrisies to reveal themselves without resorting to strained situations or overblown characters.
There's no need to force the issue when you've got an old pro like Glaser to take it the distance, turning in a masterfully rendered performance in which a sly twinkle in her eye and a mischievous upturn of the corner of her mouth do most of the heavy lifting to inspired -- and inspiring -- effect.
PALM SPRINGS -- Switzerland's official foreign-language Oscar submission, which also is that country's biggest homegrown hit of the past three decades, is a certified crowd-tickler.
Late Bloomers is a genial social satire set in a sleepy Emmental village where a recently widowed octogenarian scandalizes her conservative neighbors by opening a sexy French lingerie shop.
While it could be viewed as a Swiss Calendar Girls with a sprinkle of Chocolat, it's definitely a gentler model, with any real edginess provided by the zesty performance of the film's 87-year-old lead, veteran television actress Stephanie Glaser.
Still, it offers female actors of a certain age (and then some) a real chance to strut their stuff, and given the response from mature Palm Springs International Film Festival audiences, this little film that could -- it was released on home turf by Buena Vista International -- packs the kind of universal appeal that could translate nicely in the hands of the right American distributor.
Having fallen into a depression after the death of her husband, Martha (Glaser) is shown at the outset of the film lying in her bed decked out in Swiss ceremonial garb, ready to join him.
But when she awakens the next morning alive and well, it's clear that there's some unfinished business on Martha's bucket list.
Prodded by three of her friends, including an energetic hairdresser (Heidi Maria Glossner) who had followed her dreams to America, the former seamstress admits a secret fantasy of opening a lingerie boutique.
Quicker than you can say "Frederick's of Trub," the deed is done, much to the outrage of many of her fellow villagers, especially her self-righteous vicar son (Hanspeter Muller-Drossaart).
Director Bettina Oberli, who penned the sprightly script with Sabine Pochhammer, allows the prevailing hypocrisies to reveal themselves without resorting to strained situations or overblown characters.
There's no need to force the issue when you've got an old pro like Glaser to take it the distance, turning in a masterfully rendered performance in which a sly twinkle in her eye and a mischievous upturn of the corner of her mouth do most of the heavy lifting to inspired -- and inspiring -- effect.
- 1/15/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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