The Foster Boy (2011)
2011 · 1h 43m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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.
Director: Markus Imboden
Writers: Plinio Bachmann
Music by: Benedikt Jeger
Cinematography: Peter von Haller
Editor: Ursula Höf
Cast
Katja Riemann as Mrs. BösigerStefan Kurt as Mr. BösigerMaximilian Simonischek as JakobMax Hubacher as MaxLisa Brand as BerteliMiriam Stein as EstherAndreas Matti as HasslingerHeidy Forster as GrandmotherUrsina Lardi as Mother DürrerErnst C. Sigrist as PolicemanChristoph Gaugler as StörmetzgerPeter Wyssbrod as DoctorMore like this
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