La Mif
“Who are you?” – “The queen of punks, in the land of pain in the ass.”
Seven girls live under the same roof but haven’t chosen each other, just like a family. Emerging from difficult backgrounds, here in the safe house, the girls find a new community, in a way they’d never experienced before. They are sharing joy and pain, passionately rebel against the shortcomings of their surrounding – the young women’s temperaments are different, their lust for life large, their place in society too precarious for things to be all peace, love and harmony. Home director Lora is always there for them when they need her. Or is it the other way around? La Mif was created in close collaboration with the young actresses, who were involved in developing their characters. Each individual fate is a shard and together they form an iridescent kaleidoscope capable of upending hierarchies. The film sensitively reveals the imperfection of the youth protection system, as well as the fragility of social structures and tenderly questions, what it might actually mean to be part of a family.
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Runtime
112 min -
Country
Switzerland -
Year of Presentation
2021 -
Year of Production
2021 -
Director
Fred Baillif -
Cast
Claudia Grob, Anaïs Uldry, Kassia Da Costa, Joyce Esther Ndayisenga, Charlie Areddy, Amélie Tonsi, Amandine Golay, Sara Tulu, Nadim Ahmed, Isabel De Abreu Cannavo -
Production Company
Freshprod -
Berlinale Section
Generation -
Berlinale Category
Feature Film
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Biography Fred Baillif
“Who are you?” – “The queen of punks, in the land of pain in the ass.”
Seven girls live under the same roof but haven’t chosen each other, just like a family. Emerging from difficult backgrounds, here in the safe house, the girls find a new community, in a way they’d never experienced before. They are sharing joy and pain, passionately rebel against the shortcomings of their surrounding – the young women’s temperaments are different, their lust for life large, their place in society too precarious for things to be all peace, love and harmony. Home director Lora is always there for them when they need her. Or is it the other way around? La Mif was created in close collaboration with the young actresses, who were involved in developing their characters. Each individual fate is a shard and together they form an iridescent kaleidoscope capable of upending hierarchies. The film sensitively reveals the imperfection of the youth protection system, as well as the fragility of social structures and tenderly questions, what it might actually mean to be part of a family.
Filmography Fred Baillif
2003 Sideman | 2006 Geisendorf | 2008 Le fond et la forme (The Subject And The How) | 2009 La vie en deux (All By Myself) | 2011 Believers: Who’s Back? | 2013 Tant qu’il pleut en Amérique (As Long As It Rains In America) | 2014 Fraude aux douanes | 2014 Une douche contre la misère | 2015 Tapis rouge | 2017 Un canapé pour deux | 2017 Né pour mourir | 2019 Edelweiss Revolution