NEEDLE PARK BABY

PLATZSPITZBABY

By Pierre MONNARD

GLOBAL SCREEN - A TELEPOOL BRAND - as SALES

Drama - Completed 2019

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.

Festivals
& Awards

Warsaw FF 2020
Competition 1-2
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND
    • Languages
    • SWISS-GERMAN, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 100 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Pierre MONNARD
    • Writer(s)
    • André KÜTTEL
    • Producer(s)
    • Peter REICHENBACH
    • Synopsis
    • 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.