L'enfant d'en haut

Sister
Director
Ursula Meier
Country
Switzerland, France, United kingdom
Year
2012
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Antoine Jaccoud / Ursula Meier / Gilles Taurand
Cast
Kacey Mottet Klein as Simon / Léa Seydoux as Louise / Martin Compston as Mike / Gillian Anderson as Kristin Jansen / Jean-François Stevenin as Le Chef-cuisinier
Production
Vega Film AG / Archipel 35 / Radio Télévision Suisse

Storyline

12-year-old Simon lives in an industrial valley below a luxury ski resort, together with his jobless sister, Louise. Every day, he takes the ski-lift to the opulent ski world above, stealing equipment from the rich tourists to resell to the local kids below. As he partners with a crooked British seasonal worker, Simon loses his boundaries, which affects the relationship with his sister. Confronted with a truth they had both been escaping, Simon seeks refuge up above.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Berlin International Film Festival 2012
Special Jury Prize, to Ursula Meier
BFI London Film Festival 2012
Seville European Film Festival 2012
Official Selection

Seville European Film Festival 2012
Eurimages Prize for the Best European Coproduction
Best Cinematography

Releases

Spain (15 of November 2013)
United kingdom (26 of October 2012)
France (18 of April 2012)

Call for proposals Development
Media support 42,558.00 €

Company who received MEDIA support: Archipel 35

Call for proposals i2i Audiovisual
Year 2011
Call number 27/2010
Media support 50,000.00 €

Distribution territories: Switzerland

Call for proposals Distribution Selective
Year 2012
Call number 30/2011
Media support 333,700.00€

Deadline 30/03/2012
Distribution territories: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, UK, Netherlands.

Call for proposals Distribution Automatic
Year 2011
Call number 01/2011

Distribution territories: Austria (THIMFILM GmbH) and UK (SODA PICTURES LIMITED)

Distribution:

Filmcoopi Zürich AG (Switzerland)
Diaphana Distribution (France)
Soda Pictures (United kingdom)