THE FOSTER BOY
synopsis
Max is an orphan who has been hired out to a farmer’s family. His foster parents treat him like a workhorse while their son seizes every opportunity to humiliate him. Playing the accordion is the one thing that is entirely his. But when the new teacher stands up for Max, it only makes a bad situation much worse. The only thing preserving his will to survive is his friendship with Berteli, who was also taken on to work at the farm. Max dreams of Argentina with her: a fantasy world, where allegedly even hayforks are made of silver.
international title: | The Foster Boy |
original title: | Der Verdingbub |
country: | Switzerland, Germany |
sales agent: | C-Films |
year: | 2011 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Markus Imboden |
film run: | 108' |
release date: | DE 25/10/2012, CH 03/11/2011 |
screenplay: | Plinio Bachmann, Jasmine Hoch |
cast: | Katja Riemann, Stefan Kurt, Max Simonischek, Max Hubacher, Lisa Brand, Miriam Stein, Andreas Matti, Christoph Gaugler, Ursina Lardi |
cinematography by: | Peter von Haller |
film editing: | Ursula Höf |
art director: | Marion Schramm, Andi Schrämli |
costumes designer: | Claudia Flütsch |
music: | Ben Jeger |
producer: | Peter Reichenbach, Claudia Schroeder |
production: | C-Films, Bremedia Produktion |
distributor: | Elite Film AG, Ascot Elite Home Entertainment GmbH |