{"id":31514,"date":"2026-03-12T19:28:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fsk-kino.peripherfilm.de\/?p=31514"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:42:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:42:57","slug":"wanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fsk-kino.peripherfilm.de\/en\/wanda\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanda"},"content":{"rendered":"

A film by Barbara Loden. In English with German sub\u00adtit\u00adles. Starts April 9th at the fsk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Credits<\/a>] [Tickets &<\/span> Termine<\/a>] [Trailer<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wanda Goronski, an unhap\u00adpy house\u00adwi\u00adfe from rural eas\u00adtern Pennsylvania, stays on her sister\u2019s couch after lea\u00adving her hus\u00adband. After wal\u00adking across a coal field and hit\u00adching a ride, she arri\u00adves late to a divorce court hea\u00adring, relin\u00adquis\u00adhes her rights to her child\u00adren, and grants her hus\u00adband a divorce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After losing her job at a sewing fac\u00adto\u00adry, Wanda runs away with a man she had a one-night stand with, only for him to aban\u00addon her at an ice cream shop. Nearly pen\u00adni\u00adless, she takes a nap in a movie thea\u00adter, whe\u00adre she is rob\u00adbed while asleep. Desperate, she goes to a bar to use the rest\u00adroom and clings to an older man she mista\u00adkes for the bar\u00adten\u00adder. The man, Norman Dennis, is a cri\u00admi\u00adnal in the pro\u00adcess of rob\u00adbing the bar. Unable to shake Wanda off, he takes her on the run with him. Even after lear\u00adning about his cri\u00admi\u00adnal life\u00adstyle, Wanda deci\u00addes to stay with Norman, whom she calls \u201eMr. Dennis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wanda spends some time on the road with Norman, during which he beco\u00admes phy\u00adsi\u00adcal\u00adly and emo\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly abu\u00adsi\u00adve. He sends her to a mall to shop for new clo\u00adthes while he robs cars in the par\u00adking lot. Later, they visit the Holy Land USA<\/span> the\u00adme park, whe\u00adre Norman meets his Evangelical Christian father, to whom he shows unu\u00adsu\u00adal cour\u00adte\u00adsy and respect. Afterward, Norman con\u00advin\u00adces Wanda to act as his loo\u00adkout for a kid\u00adnap\u00adping and bank rob\u00adbe\u00adry. The rob\u00adbe\u00adry goes wrong, and Norman is shot and kil\u00adled in the lob\u00adby. Wanda arri\u00adves late and wat\u00adches from the street as poli\u00adce swarm the sce\u00adne and onloo\u00adkers gather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again alo\u00adne, Wanda hitch\u00adhi\u00adkes with a man who attempts to sexu\u00adal\u00adly assault her. She escapes and flees through the woods. At night\u00adfall, she stumbles upon a back\u00adwoods road\u00adhouse, whe\u00adre stran\u00adgers offer her food, alco\u00adhol, and cigarettes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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