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Wanja

Wanja

2015 · 87 min · ★ 5.3 · Drama

The former bank robber Wanja is released from a long prison sentence. As her feelings of loneliness escalate, Wanja sets out to find work and hereby a new identity. Against all odds she lands an internship at a horse race track. In the stable she gets to know the troubled teenager Emma, and a strong friendship develops between the two women. When Emma slips deeper into her own drug abuse, Wanja decides to rescue her.

Directed by Carolina Hellsgård · Written by Carolina Hellsgård

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