Families come in all shapes and sizes, like the one born out of necessity in Fred Baillif’s drama La Mif, winner of the Grand Prix for Best Film in the Generation 14plus competition at the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival.
Former social worker turned filmmaker Baillif literally immerses you in the middle of life at a residential care home in Geneva in his film titled The Fam in English, slang for ‘the family’. The result is so realistic that you could be forgiven for initially thinking you are watching a documentary. It is a raw watch, but one that cleverly avoids focusing solely on stereotypical and troubling youthful behaviour expected in such a narrative, but also turns the spotlight around on the staff running the place.
After 17-year-old orphan and resident Audrey (Anaïs Uldry) has sex with an underage boy who is visiting, the authorities are called in, Audrey is arrested,...
Former social worker turned filmmaker Baillif literally immerses you in the middle of life at a residential care home in Geneva in his film titled The Fam in English, slang for ‘the family’. The result is so realistic that you could be forgiven for initially thinking you are watching a documentary. It is a raw watch, but one that cleverly avoids focusing solely on stereotypical and troubling youthful behaviour expected in such a narrative, but also turns the spotlight around on the staff running the place.
After 17-year-old orphan and resident Audrey (Anaïs Uldry) has sex with an underage boy who is visiting, the authorities are called in, Audrey is arrested,...
- 2/24/2022
- by Lisa Giles-Keddie
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A cast of nonprofessional newcomers captivate in a realist drama reminiscent of Sarah Gavron’s Rocks
Swiss film-maker and former social worker Fred Baillif has created this pressure-cooked realist drama about a group of teen girls in a care home, where there is something more dysfunctional and tragic about the supervising staff than about the inmates themselves. Lora (Claudia Grob) is the director of this residential institution, a tough veteran of the system. Under her wing are troubled girls including Audrey (Anaïs Uldry), Précieuse (Joyce Esther Ndayisenga) and Justine (Charlie Areddy). Each of them is acting out, each has been abused in some way, but they find love and solidarity in this home: for them it is la famille, slangily shortened to la mif, equivalent, perhaps, to “the fam”.
But from the very outset, it is Lora herself who is in serious trouble: she is officially reprimanded for allowing a...
Swiss film-maker and former social worker Fred Baillif has created this pressure-cooked realist drama about a group of teen girls in a care home, where there is something more dysfunctional and tragic about the supervising staff than about the inmates themselves. Lora (Claudia Grob) is the director of this residential institution, a tough veteran of the system. Under her wing are troubled girls including Audrey (Anaïs Uldry), Précieuse (Joyce Esther Ndayisenga) and Justine (Charlie Areddy). Each of them is acting out, each has been abused in some way, but they find love and solidarity in this home: for them it is la famille, slangily shortened to la mif, equivalent, perhaps, to “the fam”.
But from the very outset, it is Lora herself who is in serious trouble: she is officially reprimanded for allowing a...
- 2/21/2022
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Fred Baillif’s teenage drama won best film in the Generation 14plus competition at this year’s Berlinale.
BFI Distribution has picked up UK and Ireland rights to Fred Baillif’s teenage drama La Mif from Madrid-based Latido Films.
The Swiss drama, also known as The Fam, received its world premiere at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival where it won the grand prix for best film in the Generation 14plus competition.
BFI Distribution is planning a theatrical release in the UK and Ireland in early 2022.
Written and directed by Swiss filmmaker Baillif, the drama is set in a...
BFI Distribution has picked up UK and Ireland rights to Fred Baillif’s teenage drama La Mif from Madrid-based Latido Films.
The Swiss drama, also known as The Fam, received its world premiere at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival where it won the grand prix for best film in the Generation 14plus competition.
BFI Distribution is planning a theatrical release in the UK and Ireland in early 2022.
Written and directed by Swiss filmmaker Baillif, the drama is set in a...
- 7/8/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
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