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My Wonderful Wanda

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Winner of awards at Tribeca and Vancouver, MY WONDERFUL WANDA is a delightful satire of the haves and the have-nots set against the backdrop of a gorgeous lakeside villa in Switzerland. At the story's center is Wanda (Agnieszka Grochowska) a Polish caretaker who has left her own small children in Poland to look after Josef (André Jung) the stroke-ridden patriarch of the wealthy Wegmeister-Gloor dynasty. Wanda is adept in navigating the tricky family dynamics between the two grown (if still childish) offspring and the elegant if controlling matriarch Elsa (an amazing Marthe Keller), along with the sporadic intervention of animals stuffed or alive. But an unexpected turn of events turns everything upside down. While MY WONDERFUL WANDA exposes present-day realities of class injustice, thanks to writer-director Bettina Oberli's empathetic lens, it is never less than a very human comedy.
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Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter 04/22/2021
Oberli is more interested in the interplay of her characters than a barbed look at geopolitics, an approach that clicks only to a point in this well-performed but overlong and uneven feature. Go to Full Review Alissa Simon Variety 04/22/2021
It's an engaging, mostly well-acted tale, full of surprising twists, even if some seem a bit too on the nose. Go to Full Review Kristen Yoonsoo Kim New York Times 04/22/2021
It loses emotional momentum with each new section. Go to Full Review Calum Cooper In Their Own League 07/14/2024
2/5
The subtext is interesting, but it’s hard to fully appreciate beneath the repetitive arguments and half-baked scenarios. Go to Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies 08/17/2022
4/5
As everything comes to a head, the film’s comical and combative vibes gives way to a overarching sense of sadness and uncertainty. Go to Full Review Jennie Kermode Eye for Film 06/14/2021
4/5
Well paced and energetic, My Wonderful Wanda picks just the right moments to introduce real emotion into the mix. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Bettina Oberli

Director

Agnieszka Grochowska

Wanda

Marthe Keller

Elsa

André Jung

Josef

Birgit Minichmayr

Sophie

Jacob Matschenz

Gregi
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Synopsis Winner of awards at Tribeca and Vancouver, MY WONDERFUL WANDA is a delightful satire of the haves and the have-nots set against the backdrop of a gorgeous lakeside villa in Switzerland. At the story's center is Wanda (Agnieszka Grochowska) a Polish caretaker who has left her own small children in Poland to look after Josef (André Jung) the stroke-ridden patriarch of the wealthy Wegmeister-Gloor dynasty. Wanda is adept in navigating the tricky family dynamics between the two grown (if still childish) offspring and the elegant if controlling matriarch Elsa (an amazing Marthe Keller), along with the sporadic intervention of animals stuffed or alive. But an unexpected turn of events turns everything upside down. While MY WONDERFUL WANDA exposes present-day realities of class injustice, thanks to writer-director Bettina Oberli's empathetic lens, it is never less than a very human comedy.
Director
Bettina Oberli
Producer
Lukas Hobi, Reto Schärli
Screenwriter
Bettina Oberli, Cooky Ziesche
Distributor
Zeitgeist Films
Production Co
Zodiac Pictures
Genre
Drama
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 23, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 6, 2021
Runtime
1h 52m
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