Reach Goodykoontz at Facebook: /GoodyOnFilm. "Wetlands" is definitely not a movie for everyone, but if you've got the stomach for it, it's an offbeat treat.Ĭast: Carla Juri, Christoph Letkowski, Marlen Kruse. Helen can be a first-class jerk, but Juri keeps her human, keeps us on her side. But Juri's performance is nakedly open, so to speak, and relentlessly compelling. And here it's probably not the right adjective. We often hear performances described as "brave." Usually it's an overstatement. It almost flies by in the rush of things. Things take an oddly serious turn at the end, in what seems like a last-ditch and unconvincing attempt at explaining Helen's antics. (You will never think of pizza delivery in the same way.) Her stay in the hospital winds up being longer than expected, and develops what for most people would be a crush on her male nurse (Christoph Letkowski), talking him into behavior that is unprofessional and crazy and kind of fun. Whatever the case, those who meet Helen don't forget her. Her actions are extreme, perhaps, because she knows it's probably a lost cause. Just trust me.īut what is really going on is a girl trying to keep her life, and her family, together. Sure, Wnendt goes for shock value at times, like when … forget it. But the movie, despite everything it shows (which is pretty much everything) is not. Is it pornography? Couldn't tell you, as I have not read the book. The animated, insanely creative and weirdly beautiful dive into the interior of a pubic hair stuck in a urine stain on a public toilet is just a bonus.ĭirector David Wnendt's film is based on the novel by Charlotte Roche, which was something of a sensation in Germany. Who beneath all that just wants her mom and dad to get back together. The movie begins with a scene in a disgusting public restroom, its pivotal act an intimate shaving accident that results in an infected anal fissure, and throughout we are witness to Helen's obsession with bodily fluids and functions, most of them sexual.īut if you're game, you'll find a visually inventive movie that is at its heart the story of a girl brokenhearted over her parents' divorce, who, beneath the promiscuity and exhibitionism and drug use and … you get the idea. She plays Helen, an 18-year-old girl who has long suffered from hemorrhoids that she gives frequent … attention, and if that sounds bizarre and off-putting, seriously, you have no idea. She appeared in the Blade Runner sequel, Blade Runner 2049, as a designer of implanted memories for replicants."Wetlands" tells a fairly conventional story in about the most unconventional ways imaginable.įloridly explicit, gleefully disgusting and yet somehow kind of sweet, the film is a showcase for Carla Juri. She even went undercover as a student in a highschool where only the director of the school knew she was an actress. To prepare for this role, Juri wore the clothes of her character, Helen, for several weeks and spent a lot of this time in Berlin, where her character lives. The novel it is based on was a controversial best seller in Germany. This is arguably the role she is best known for. She also played the leading role in the 2013 film adaptation of Wetlands. In 2013, she was selected to receive the Shooting Star which is awarded annually to ten young European actors at the Berlin International Film Festival. The next year, she won the award for Best Actress for her role in Eine wen iig, dr Dällebach Kari. In 2011, she received the Swiss Film Award in the Best Performance in a Supporting Role category for 180° (2010). Juri's first film appearance was in the short film Midday Room. The winners of Shooting Stars award, Arta Dobroshi, Christa Theret, Nermina Lukac, Saskia Rosendahl, Laura Birn, Luca Marinelli, Jure Henigman. She maintained a busy schedule trying to find work while making use of her trilinguialism. Carla Juri, Romola Garai, Alec Secareanu and Matthew James Wilkinson of Amulet attend the Pizza Hut x Legion M Lounge during Sundance Film Festival. Juri started her acting career by hopping between auditions in Berlin, London, and Rome. From 2005 until 2010, she studied theater in Los Angeles and London. Her father is a lawyer and her mother is a sculptor In school, she played hockey for HC Ambrì-Piotta and went on to be a forward for the Swiss Schweizer Meister Class A team, SC Reinach. She learned German and Italian as a small child and picked up English at 15. 0:00 / 3:43 Carla Juri - Switzerland 2013 8,638 views 16 Dislike Share Save European Film Promotion 28.5K subscribers Carla Juri - SHOOTING STAR 2013, Switzerland in 'Someone Like. She is fluent in German, English and Italian. Juri was raised in Ambrì, a village in the Italian-speaking Canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Her acting credits include 180°, Wetlands, Finsterworld, and Blade Runner 2049. Carla Juri (born January 2, 1985) is a Swiss actress.
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