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Wanda

1970

Barbara Loden

Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins, Dorothy Shupenes, Valerie Mamches ...

7.0

770

Drama Actress/filmmaker Barbara Loden both directs and stars in the stark little character study Wanda. She plays a girl from a remote mining town, timidly searching for security and love. After several desultory and abusive relationships, Wanda is "saved" by Dennis, who turns out to be a petty crook.

	Author	Review
United States	Richard Brody The New Yorker	"A first film but a masterpiece"	POS
United States	Kate Taylor The New York Times	"Loden succeeded in leaving her past as eye candy far behind (...) Deeply authentic performances"	POS
United States	Don Druker Chicago Reader	"A brilliantly atmospheric film with a superb performance by Loden."	POS
United Kingdom	Tony Paley The Guardian	"[Loden's] extraordinary performance (...) is part of what makes the film so memorable."	POS
United Kingdom	David Pirie Time Out	"A subtly picaresque movie (...) The film is all the more impressive for its refusal to get embroiled in half-baked political attitudinising"	POS
United States	April Wolfe Village Voice	"This drama is absorbing and thought-provoking the whole way through"	POS

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