Film
Wanda
Thursday, Aug 9, 2012
7 p.m.
Additional Info
Barbara Loden, 1970, 102 min., 35mm
Image: Barbara Loden, Wanda (still), 1971; courtesy Bardene International/Photofest; ©Bardene International
Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive with funding provided by Gucci and the Film Foundation.
Print Courtesy UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Set in the coal mining region of Pennsylvania, this film follows Wanda, an alcoholic who abandons her husband and children for a life of drinking and sleeping with strange men. Her world changes again when she walks in on a man attempting to rob a bar and ends up on the road as his partner in crime — a ride that leads them both toward the unexpected.