A grumpy old man meets a neglected 5-year-old. Nobody asked for this friendship, but we all need it.
When his younger sister, a single parent, moves into the second apartment with her 5-year-old daughter Nina, an unexpected friendship develops between Josef and the uncared-for little girl.
Acting
Lia Hahne's Nina will wreck you—kid actors this real are criminal.
Direction
Luisi's patient, unflinching gaze never exploits the pain.
Writing
Dialogue so sparse every word lands like a gut punch.
Director
Peter Luisi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Peter Luisi shot this in his native Switzerland with a micro-budget, originally planning it as a short before Habich's performance demanded expansion.
Swiss cinema rarely breaks internationally; this film's quiet humanity fits a tradition of German-language 'Vaterfilme' (father films) that interrogate masculinity through unlikely caregiving.
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