The Year I Started Masturbating

Oct 21, 2022

1h 38m

★ 5.9

Overview

Ambitious overachiever Hanna just needs one more kid before her life is perfect. Instead, her baby daddy unexpectedly dumps her. Suddenly, she finds herself without a place to live, job or family. With every fiber of her being set for victory, Hanna refuses to give up and decides to win him back. But to get there means having to win something much more important, love and desire for herself and who she is.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Gimme a Break

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Cast

Hanna

Katia Winter

Morten

Jesper Zuschlag

Carolin

Nour El Refai

Staffan

Henrik Dorsin

Leyla

Bahar Pars

Liv

Vera Carlbom

Adam

Hannes Fohlin

Eva

Siw Erixon

Marco

Antonio Di Ponziano

Ali

Pablo Leiva Wenger

Ola

David Wiberg

Asrin

Sara Shirpey

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