Needle Park Baby (2020)
Platzspitzbaby
98 min
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.
- Release date
- January 8, 2020
- Country of origin
- Switzerland
Where to watch
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Cast
- Luna Mwezi as Mia
- Jerry Hoffmann as Andre
- Lea Whitcher as Frau Bucher
- Michael Schertenleib as K. Störchli
- Thomas Hostettler as Serge
- Esther Gemsch as Frau Schuler
- Sarah Spale as Sandrine
- Caspar Kaeser as Gasser
- Anouk Petri as Lola
- Jorik Wenger as Yannick
Crew
- Pierre Monnard · Director
- André Küttel · Writer
- Michelle Halbheer · Writer
- Franziska K. Müller · Writer
- Peter Reichenbach · Producer
- Matteo Pagamici · Composer
- Darran Bragg · Cinematographer
- Sophie Blöchlinger · Editor
- Corinna Glaus · Casting director
- Georg Bringolf · Production designer