Wood and Water

Released Mar 24, 2022

1 hr. 19 min.

Drama

TRAILER

for Wood and Water: Trailer 1

List

100%

17 Reviews

Tomatometer

Anke retires from her job at the church in a small town in the Black Forest. She looks forward to reuniting with her children over the summer holidays by the Baltic Sea, at a place where they used to live as a young family, and where she lived her best years. At the last minute, her son Max is unable to join them because of the pro-democracy protests that are bringing Hong Kong, where he lives, to a standstill. She has been out of touch with him for many years and after an otherwise uneventful summer and facing the void of retirement, she decides to visit him. A mother wants to check in on her children every now and then, but Hong Kong is also her adventure. She takes up residence in his flat while Max is away on a business trip and cautiously begins to navigate this mysterious new world. Through conversations with strangers, she gradually settles in. A young woman who is sad to leave Hong Kong, Max's doorman, a psychiatrist, a fortune teller and a social activist. These encounters and her experience of the city help her to break down the inner walls she constructed years ago and make way for a new chapter in her life.

Read More

Read Less

Prime Video

Rent Wood and Water on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video.

There are no Verified Audience reviews for Wood and Water yet.

Post a rating

Jonas Bak

Director

Anke Bak

Mother

Ricky Yeung

Social Activist

Alexandra Batten

Hostel Roommate

Patrick Lo

Doorman

Theresa Bak

Sister

Show Less Cast & Crew

Show More Cast & Crew

93%

83%

Clara Sola

TRAILER

for Clara Sola

80%

%

Yamabuki

14%

%

At Night Comes Wolves

TRAILER

for At Night Comes Wolves

90%

86%

Passing

TRAILER

for Passing

75%

72%

Stillwater

TRAILER

for Stillwater

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

Wood and Water: Trailer 1

1:52

View more videos

View more photos

Phil Hoad

Guardian

Etched carefully by Bak’s minimalism and naturalism, both a cool philosophical detachment and a generosity of spirit are in fruitful opposition here.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 26, 2022

Full Review

Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

A beautiful that's not about much of anything at all.

Apr 19, 2022

Full Review

Claudia Puig

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

It's beautifully, very deliberately paced... Like a series of beautiful, static images -- which is not to say this is a static film.

Apr 19, 2022

Full Review

Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

This doesn’t seem like inappropriate aestheticization but instead the respectful integration of an urgent reality...

Nov 28, 2022

Full Review

Carlos Bonfil

La Jornada

With self-proclaimed Belgian influences, Chantal Akerman (News from Home, 1976) looks through they eyes of Anke, an often quiet woman open to new experiences, and presents a global cartography out of contrasts and symbolism. [Full review in Spanish]

Jul 18, 2022

Full Review

Alex Heeney

Seventh Row

Wood and Water is about exploring new places, longing for people and places, and the attempt to connect to people through the places that matter to them.

Apr 30, 2022

Full Review

Read all reviews

Synopsis

Anke retires from her job at the church in a small town in the Black Forest. She looks forward to reuniting with her children over the summer holidays by the Baltic Sea, at a place where they used to live as a young family, and where she lived her best years. At the last minute, her son Max is unable to join them because of the pro-democracy protests that are bringing Hong Kong, where he lives, to a standstill. She has been out of touch with him for many years and after an otherwise uneventful summer and facing the void of retirement, she decides to visit him. A mother wants to check in on her children every now and then, but Hong Kong is also her adventure. She takes up residence in his flat while Max is away on a business trip and cautiously begins to navigate this mysterious new world. Through conversations with strangers, she gradually settles in. A young woman who is sad to leave Hong Kong, Max's doorman, a psychiatrist, a fortune teller and a social activist. These encounters and her experience of the city help her to break down the inner walls she constructed years ago and make way for a new chapter in her life.

Director: Jonas Bak
Screenwriter: Jonas Bak
Distributor: KimStim
Production Co: Trance Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 24, 2022, Limited

Most Popular at Home Now