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A still from Needle Park Baby.
Two films, set in two countries, explore in depth the ties between a single parent and child
Fascinating are the parallels that one can sometimes draw between works by filmmakers from two different countries and cultural milieus. At the centre of both Uberto Pasolini’s
Nowhere Special, set in Northern Ireland, and Pierre Monnard’s
Needle Park Baby, set in Switzerland, is a single parent and the relationship with a young child, who both are set to lose.
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film profile]) runs a small-scale trout farm in a secluded valley nestled in the Jura mountains (in the village of Seehof, to be specific). It’s exhausting work and the days feel never-ending. Judith is raising her daughter Milla on her own, a curious and creative child who’s full of life and who knows the nature around them better than anyone. Standing alongside the mother-daughter duo we find Gabriel, Judith’s devoted assistant who is looking to rebuild a life for himself following his release from prison. Despite leading what appear to be radically different lives, Judith, Milla and Gabriel seem to have found their own equilibrium based on a level of mutual affection which only increases with time. A tragic event, however, destroys this nigh-on idyllic picture in brutal and unexpected fashion, tearing the daughter away from her mother in just a matter of minutes. The only person Judith believes she can count on for support is Gabriel but, unfortunately, owing to his direct
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