SYNOPSIS

After learning about their son’s life-threatening kidney disease, Nathalie and her husband Dov struggle with how to protect their child. Dov finds refuge in religion, becoming a Jewish fundamentalist. Nathalie falls into a control mania and decides to kidnap their son, in order to escape her husband’s ultraorthodox influence. By bringing the child from Israel to Switzerland, Nathalie will turn her life and the jurisprudence of Europe upside down. But at what cost? A drama based on a true story.

TEAM

– Director: Léa Pool
– Script: Gladys Marciano, Marianne Brun
– Producers: Ivan Madeo, Stefan Eichenberger, Urs Frey
– Coproduction: prêt-à-tourner Filmproduktion, Lina Geissmann

SCRIPT SUPPORTED BY

– Bern Film Fund
– Zurich Film Fund
– MEDIA

INTERNATIONALE PROGRAMME

– EAVE Producers Workshop
– Forum Alentours, French German Coproduction Meetings