''What We Wanted'' (german: Was wir wollten) is a 2020 Austrian
drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...
film directed by
Ulrike Kofler
Ulrike is a Germanic female given name. Notable people named Ulrike include:
* Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel (1722–1787), German noble
* Ulrike von Levetzow (1804–1899), German noble and friend of Johann Wolfgang von G ...
, in her feature directorial debut, based on the short story ''Der Lauf der Dinge'' by
Peter Stamm
Peter Stamm (born 18 January 1963 in Münsterlingen) is a Swiss writer. His prize-winning books have been translated into more than thirty languages. For his entire body of work and his accomplishments in fiction, he was short-listed for the ...
.
It was selected as the Austrian entry for the
Best International Feature Film at the
93rd Academy Awards
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, but it was not nominated.
The film was originally set to premiere at the Gartenbaukino in Vienna on 2 November 2020, followed by a theatrical release in Austria on 6 November 2020, but it was delayed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. ''What We Wanted'' was ultimately released on
Netflix
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outside Austria on 11 November 2020 and in Austria on 22 December 2020.
The film was well received by critics.
Plot
A couple who have been trying for a baby take a holiday to
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...
, where they meet another couple.
Cast
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Lavinia Wilson
Lavinia Wilson (born 8 March 1980) is a German actress. She has appeared in more than sixty films since 1992.
Selected filmography
References
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1980 births
Living people
German film actresses
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as Alice
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Elyas M'Barek
Elyas M'Barek (born 29 May 1982) is an Austrian actor based in Germany. He gained recognition for his roles in the comedy television series ''Türkisch für Anfänger'' and the 2013 comedy film ''Fack ju Göhte.''
Early life
M'Barek was born ...
as Niklas
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Anna Unterberger as Christl
* as Romed
* as Denise
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Fedor Teyml as David
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Marta Manduca as Sabrina
See also
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2020 films
2020 directorial debut films
2020 drama films
Austrian drama films
Films about couples
Films about vacationing
Films based on short fiction
Films not released in theaters due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Films set in Sardinia
2020s German-language films