The Wave
2015 · 19m · Documentary
A broken nose, a disjointed knee and tropical throat flux with months of side effects. Filmmaker Hanna Heilborn challenges herself by deciding to learn how to surf, just before her 40th birthday. She asks a film photographer to follow her on the road. It is not going exactly as she intended.
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