Caged Birds
The perfect balance between a crime caper, political thriller and philosophical essay.
Caged Birds
Barbara "Babs" Hug (Marie Leuenberger, The Divine Order) is a young radical lawyer fighting Switzerland’s antiquated prison system in the 1980s, and finds it to be an endless, draining battle. She is tracked down by Walter Stürm (Joel Basman, The Monuments Men), who has just managed to escape from prison --again -- and hands her a secret file not supposed to have left the prison. Although a good-hearted soul at his core, Sturm uses his newfound freedom to commit another crime, and soon finds the police closing in. Using her connections, Babs finds Sturm temporary refuge with a militant organization, and takes him on as a client in hopes of using the publicity to advance her cause. Sturm, however, has a very different ideology of freedom, and proves to be more difficult to manage than Babs realizes. Based on a true story.
Genre
Drama,
Romance
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Runtime
119
Language
German,
Swiss German,
Spanish
Director
Oliver Rihs
Writer(s)
Dave Tucker,
Oliver Rihs,
Norbert Maass,
Ivan Madeo,
Oliver Keidel
Cast
Marie Leuenberger,
Joel Basma,
Jella Haase
Played at
Laemmle Virtual Cinema 2.25.22 - 3.31.22
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