The Foster Boy · 2011 ·
Movie Details
Production information
11 fields
Released
2011-11-03
Runtime
103 min
Genre
Drama
Director
Markus Imboden
Writer
Jasmine Hoch, Plinio Bachmann
Country
Germany, Switzerland
Language
German, French
Original Title
Der Verdingbub
Status
Released
Production
C-Films, ZDF, Bremedia Produktion
Cast
Katja Riemann, Stefan Kurt, Maximilian Simonischek, Max Hubacher, Lisa Brand, Miriam Stein, Andreas Matti, Heidy Forster, Ursina Lardi, Ernst C. Sigrist
Storyline
Switzerland, 1955. The young orphan Max is sent as a foster child and contracted to work for the Bösiger family who lives on a farm. 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.
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