Directed by Petra Volpe, Late Shift stars Leonie Benesch (The Teachers' Lounge, September 5) as Floria, a nurse in the surgical ward of a Swiss hospital about to clock in for the late shift. What ...
The filmmaker's movie Late Shift was a box office and critical hit in Switzerland and is released in US by Music Box.
An elderly woman dies, and her three adult sons cling to each other, weeping, before turning on the duty nurse. She hadn’t seen their mother once, they blurt to the doctor. It wouldn’t have made any ...
According to a recent study, there will be a massive shortage of 40,000 nurses in Switzerland by the year 2040. This shocking statement provides the backdrop for Petra Volpe’s new film, a drama ...
The ‘Teachers' Lounge’ star toplines Petra Volpe’s day-in-the-life medical procedural set in the surgical ward of a Swiss hospital. By Sheri Linden Senior Copy Editor/Film Critic Volpe (The Divine ...
Following an overworked nurse during her shift at an understaffed, overstretched ward has been a box office draw in German-speaking Europe and was acquired for North America by Music Box Films. By ...
Petra Volpe‘s “Late Shift” – which plays at this year’s Special Gala in Berlin – plunges into the high-pressure world of an understaffed Swiss hospital, unfolding close to real-time through the eyes ...