La mif

The Fam

Switzerland, March 2021
FILM, Fiction, 110 min.

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directed by
Frédéric Baillif
Written by
Frédéric Baillif, Stéphane Mitchell
Status
In distribution

A group of teenage girls have been placed in a residential care home with social workers. This forced “family” experience creates unexpected tensions and intimacies. An incident triggers a chain of over-reactions. The fall-out reveals the weaknesses of the retrograde juvenile system, as well as the demons that haunt “La Mif”. A social drama, mirroring our ill-mannered morals.

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World Premiere
March 2021
Original Version
French,  colour, DCP, 110 min.
ISAN
0000-0005-5DA0-0000-R-0000-0000-U
Production
Freshprod, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Producer
Frédéric Baillif, Véronique Vergari, Agnès Boutruche
directed by
Frédéric Baillif
Written by
Frédéric Baillif, Stéphane Mitchell
Cinemato­graphy
Joseph Areddy
Location Sound Mix
David Puntener
Sound Editing
Maxence Ciekawy
Re-Recording Mix
Maxence Ciekawy
Music
Grégoire Maret
Compositing
Boris Rabusseau

Cast

Claudia Grob as Lora
Anaïs Uldry as Audrey
Kassia Da Costa as Novinha
Amélie Tonsi as Alison
Amandine Golay as Caroline
Joyce Esther Ndayisenga as Précieuse
Charlie Areddy as Justine
Sara Tulu

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Latido Films

Worldwide Distribution

Belgium
Vedette Film Distribution
Release date: 24.03.2022
France
L'Atelier Distribution Distribution
Release date: 09.03.2022
Ireland
BFI Distribution Distribution
Release date: tba
Netherlands
Vedette Film Distribution
Release date: 24.03.2022
North Macedonia
Cutaway Distribution
Release date: 27.04.2023
Switzerland
Aardvark Film Emporium Distribution
Release date: 09.03.2022
United Kingdom
BFI Distribution Distribution
Release date: 25.02.2022

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