Needle Park Baby

Needle Park Baby

2020•1h 41m•6.9/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.9/10(28)

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.

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Production

C-Films

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Luna Mwezi

Luna Mwezi

Mia

Sarah Spale

Sarah Spale

Sandrine

Jerry Hoffmann

Jerry Hoffmann

Andre

Lea Whitcher

Lea Whitcher

Frau Bucher

Anouk Petri

Lola

Michael Schertenleib

Michael Schertenleib

K. Störchli

Delio Malär

Delio Malär

Buddy

Emilio Marchisella

Kieran

Jorik Wenger

Yannick

Thomas Hostettler

Serge

Esther Gemsch

Esther Gemsch

Frau Schuler

Melisa Kashiwahara

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