Movie: Dark Fortune

Top 10 Billed Cast

Eleni Haupt
Eleni Haupt

Eliane Hess

Noé Ricklin
Noé Ricklin

Yves Zanini

Elisa Plüss
Elisa Plüss

Helen Hess

Carla Chiara Bär
Carla Chiara Bär

Alice Hess

Martin Hug
Martin Hug

Adrian

Peter Jecklin
Peter Jecklin

Dr. Wieland

Alice Flotron
Alice Flotron

Aunt Julia

Rebecca Indermaur
Rebecca Indermaur

Sandra

Suly Röthlisberger
Suly Röthlisberger

Grandma Zanini

Mona Petri
Mona Petri

Vera

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    Late at night, the psychologist Eliane Hess is called to the hospital to take care of Yves, an eight-year-old boy, who just has lost his parents and siblings in a car accident. Eliane is both shocked and curiously drawn to the traumatized boy. As time goes by, she loses the professional distance to the patient, and when Yves' relatives begin a heavy dispute about the boy's future, Eliane makes an unorthodox decision, that throws her life off track.

  • Release Date

    2016-11-22

  • Average

    6.1

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    Deutsch
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