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- L'Atelier Distribution
- 1 h 52 m
- L'Atelier Distribution
- 1 h 52 m
Summary 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.
Directed By: Fred Baillif
Written By: Fred Baillif, Stéphane Mitchell
- L'Atelier Distribution
- 1 h 52 m
- L'Atelier Distribution
- 1 h 52 m
La Mif
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Summary 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.
Directed By: Fred Baillif
Written By: Fred Baillif, Stéphane Mitchell
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Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
70
71% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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The Fam sensitively deals with a tough subject and serves as a striking introduction to a roster of formidable talent. It certainly feels like the cast and crew have become a true family during the shoot.
Bruising and beautiful in equal measures, La Mif is an impressive slice of social realist drama that feels rooted in something real — because it is.
Mini-chapters focus on characters in turn, each offering a new perspective on the unfolding drama; choral and chamber music is an unexpected but effective punctuation in the storytelling, but most powerful is sound design that understands the gravity of moments of weighted silence.
La Mif refuses to proselytise on the moral character of its subjects; Lora’s terrible confession to the girls at the film’s climax is played not for tabloid revelation, but as a final expression of the flaws inherent in ourselves and the systems we depend on to protect us.
There is a lack of catharsis in the conclusion which, to the film’s credit, feels apt. It’s a powerful story with no easy way forward for anyone concerned.
La Mif (slang for ‘the fam’) is sensitively written and superbly acted. There are non-professional actors here who would put a few of their formally-trained counterparts to shame.
This is an engaging ensemble piece, acted with vehemence and sincerity, though it concludes a little melodramatically.
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Production Company
Fresh Production,
Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS)
Duration 1 h 52 m
Genres
Tagline They live under the same roof but they haven't chosen each other, just like a family.
Website
https://www.freshprod.com/
Awards
Swiss Film Prize
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations
Valladolid International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Zurich Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations