Wonder Wheel

On Coney Island in the 1950s, a lifeguard tells the story of a middle-aged carousel operator, his beleaguered wife, and the visitor who turns their lives upside-down.

Wonder Wheel
United States 2017
  • Czech
101 min.
12+
  • This film is available until 31. 7. 2025 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.
About

A drama set in New York City in the late 1950s. It tells the story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty, Ginny’s rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey Rubin, a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina, Humpty’s long-estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father’s apartment.

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Credits
Director: Woody Allen
Screenplay: Woody Allen
Cinematography: Vittorio Storaro
Sound: Robert Hein, Lee Dichter, Grant Elder
Editing: Alisa Lepselter
Production Design: Santo Loquasto
Producer: Erika Aronson, Letty Aronson, Edward Walson
Co-production: Helen Robin
Costumes: Suzy Benzinger
Cast: Kate Winslet, Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple, Robert C. Kirk, Jim Belushi, Jack Gore, Tommy Nohilly, Tony Sirico, Steve Schirripa, John Doumanian
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  • This film is available until 31. 7. 2025 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.