La Mif

The Fam

An absorbing new drama about seven young women in a care home for at-risk teens.

  • Director

    Fred Baillif

  • With

    Claudia Grob, Amélie Tonsi, Anaïs Uldry, Kassia Da Costa

  • Switzerland 2021. 112min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    15

  • English subtitles

  • A BFI release

Filmmaker Fred Baillif deploys a documentary style and shifting narrative perspectives to bring us into the different worlds of seven young women who’ve found themselves in residential care, compelled to find family in each other. The story kicks off explosively when one of the girls is removed from the home by the police... A former social worker himself, Baillif workshopped extensively with social workers and La Mif’s cast of first-time actors in order to create a startlingly authentic portrayal of young women coming of age in chaotic and often brutal circumstances.

Kimberley Sheehan, Events Programmer

Please note: contains mentions of sexual violence and some scenes viewers may find distressing.

The screenings on Sat 5 Mar 13:30 Studio and Wed 9 Mar 18:00 Studio will be presented with subtitles for the D/deaf and those experiencing hearing loss.

See a preview screening with Q&A on Sat 19 Feb 18:00.