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The Foster Boy(2011)
Status: Released
Date: 2011-11-03
73%
42 Votes
Time: 1h 43m
Overview:
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. But when the new teacher stands up for Max, it only makes a bad situation much worse. The only thing preserving his will to survive is his friendship with Berteli, who was also taken on to work at the farm. Max dreams of Argentina with her: a fantasy world, where allegedly even hayforks are made of silver.
Languages: German, French.
Countries:
Germany,
Switzerland
ProductionCompanies: 
Bremedia Produktion
Movie: The Foster Boy
Top 10 Billed Cast
Katja Riemann
Mrs. Bösiger
Stefan Kurt
Mr. Bösiger
Maximilian Simonischek
Jakob
Max Hubacher
Max
Lisa Brand
Berteli
Miriam Stein
Esther
Andreas Matti
Hasslinger
Heidy Forster
Grandmother
Ursina Lardi
Mother Dürrer
Ernst C. Sigrist
Policeman
Video Trailer The Foster Boy
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The Foster Boy - Trailer / 2012 17th Berlin & Beyond Film Festival - Trailer
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