Platzspitzbaby

Needle Park Baby
Les Enfants du Platzspitz

Switzerland, January 2020
FILM, Fiction, 100 min.

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directed by
Pierre Monnard
Written by
André Küttel
Status
In distribution
Website
www.platzspitzbaby.ch

Spring 1995 – after the closure of the Needle Park and the public drug scene in Zurich, eleven-year-old Mia and her heroin addicted mother Sandrine are relocated to the countryside. While caring for her mother, Mia spends time with her imaginary friend and a gang of local teenage misfits. These friendships finally give her the strength to rebel and break free from her abusive mother.

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World Premiere
January 2020
Original Version
Swiss-German,  colour, DCP, 100 min.
ISAN
0000-0004-8674-0000-8-0000-0000-D
Production
C-FILMS AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR, Teleclub AG
Producer
Peter Reichenbach
directed by
Pierre Monnard
Written by
André Küttel
Cinemato­graphy
Darran Bragg
Editing
Sophie Blöchlinger
Location Sound Mix
Ivo Schläpfer
Sound Design
Martin Stäheli
Music
Matteo Pagamici
Production Design
Georg Bringolf
Lighting Design
Peter Demmer
Costumes
Linda Harper
Make up
Barbara Grundmann
Casting
Corinna Glaus

Cast

Sarah Spale as Mother
Luna Mwezi as Mia
Delio Malär as Buddy Franco
Jerry Hoffmann as André
Anouk Petri as Lola
Caspar Kaeser as Gasser
Jael Toppler as Sophie
Emilio Marchisella as Kieran
Jorik Wenger as Yannick
Lea Whitcher as Frau Bucher
Esther Gemsch as Frau Schuler
Thomas U. Hostettler as Serge
Malou Mösli as Anouk

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Global Screen GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Austria
Panda Lichtspiele Filmverleih GmbH Distribution
Release date: 17.09.2020
Germany
Alpenrepublik GmbH Distribution
Release date: 18.11.2021
Switzerland
Ascot Elite Entertainment Distribution
Release date: 16.01.2020

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