Made an account here on IMDB, just to recommend this movie. Apparently only ONE other recommended this? This is one of the best movies I've watched in a long time. I stumbled upon this movie by chance, and decided to give it a try. It was very much worth it!! I haven't watched any Swiss film before, at least to my knowledge?
It's absolutely amazing. The acting from both Sarah Spale and Luna Mwezi is sublime and extremely believable. At times it's really hard to get through, since the story revolving around Mia and her mom is very sad and somewhat depressing. The daily struggle of the daughter Mia, trying to help her mother, is very touching, although very sad.
I had to stop the movie a few times, just to get a break. Definitely cried through a lot of the tough scenes. I had to remind myself it's "just" a movie, but it felt very real.
Anyways, if you get a chance to watch this movie - I thoroughly recommend you should.
Keywords: drug addiction
Plot summary
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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Amazing
the swiss take...
On the addiction issue. good film good acts,depressingstory,and awful recognizabel.
the grumpy old man reccomends
A strong and important film.
The unbelievable story, which makes you sad and angry in equal parts, was perfectly staged here. The sets are super authentic and the 90s were captured nicely. The make-up, which shows the decay of Sandrine, is depicted as realistically as possible.
Camera, editing, music and the acting are just great. And in my opinion, Luna Mwezi and Sarah Spale deliver the best acting performance so far in the entire history of Swiss film.
A strong and important film.
10/10.