Dark Fortune

Nov 22, 2016

1h 53m

★ 6.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Fontana Film

Triluna Film AG

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Cast

Eliane Hess

Eleni Haupt

Yves Zanini

Noé Ricklin

Helen Hess

Elisa Plüss

Alice Hess

Carla Chiara Bär

Adrian

Martin Hug

Dr. Wieland

Peter Jecklin

Aunt Julia

Alice Flotron

Sandra

Rebecca Indermaur

Grandma Zanini

Suly Röthlisberger

Vera

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