Platzspitzbaby
Needle Park Baby
Les Enfants du Platzspitz
Switzerland, January 2020
FILM,
Fiction,
100 min.
- 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.
credits
- 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
Awards
(a selection)
- Genève, Swiss Film Award, Swiss Film Award, Best Fiction Film 2021 (Nomination)
-
Genève, Swiss Film Award,
Swiss Film Award, Best Screenplay
2021
(Nomination)
André Küttel -
Genève, Swiss Film Award,
Swiss Film Award, Best Actress
2021
(Nomination)
Luna Mwezi -
Genève, Swiss Film Award,
Swiss Film Award, Best Actress
2021
(Winner)
Sarah Spale -
Genève, Swiss Film Award,
Swiss Film Award, Best Film Editing
2021
(Nomination)
Sophie Blöchlinger
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Santiago de Compostela, Cineuropa 35
08.11.2021 - 24.11.2021 -
Tallinn, 24th PÖFF Black Nights Film Festival (hybridCorona – online and onsite edition)
13.11.2020 - 29.11.2020 -
Hof, 54. Internationale Filmtage Hof (hybridCorona - onsite and online edition)
20.10.2020 - 25.10.2020 -
Warsaw, 36th Warsaw International Film Festival (hybridCorona - onsite and online edition)
09.10.2020 - 18.10.2020 -
Solothurn, 55. Solothurner Filmtage
22.01.2020 - 29.01.2020