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Wanda
Wanda
8.2
/10
1,213 Ratings

WANDA

Directed by Barbara Loden
United States, 1970
Drama

Synopsis

In grim, rust-belt Pennsylvania, Wanda is down and out. She works sporadically, has abandoned her husband and children, sleeps on her sister’s couch, drinks and smokes too much, and goes home with men just to have a roof over her head.

Synopsis

In grim, rust-belt Pennsylvania, Wanda is down and out. She works sporadically, has abandoned her husband and children, sleeps on her sister’s couch, drinks and smokes too much, and goes home with men just to have a roof over her head.

Our take

Formerly an actor in Elia Kazan’s company, Barbara Loden directed a single feature film before her death at just 48 years old. Starring Loden herself, Wanda is a heart-wrenching, vérité portrait of a marginalised drifter, and remains one of the most influential works of American independent cinema.