The Foster Boy
Der Verdingbub (original)
Switzerland, 1955. The young orphan Max is sent as a foster child and contracted to work for the Bösiger family who lives on a farm. His foster parents treat him like a workhorse while their son seizes every opportunity to humiliate him. Playing the accordion is the one thing that is entirely his. But when the new teacher stands up for Max, it only makes a bad situation much worse. The only thing preserving his will to survive is his friendship with Berteli, who was also taken on to work at the farm. Max dreams of Argentina with her: a fantasy world, where allegedly even hayforks are made of silver.
Starring Katja Riemann, Stefan Kurt, Maximilian Simonischek, Max Hubacher, Lisa Brand, Miriam Stein, Andreas Matti, Heidy Forster, Ursina Lardi, Ernst C. Sigrist
It's a drama movie, and has a rating of 7.4 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
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Not found streaming from Ireland.
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