"Don't try to tell me he's my kid."
- Joe

Cyanide

Synopsis

Full of hope, a young teen waits for his father to get out of jail. His dream to live life like a real family will be seriously jeopardized by a mother who is tired of waiting and a father whose long years of incarceration have rendered him alienated and irresponsible.

Switzerland, Canada, 2013
Drama, 102min

Cyanide

Cast

Alexandre Etzlinger
Roy Dupuis
Sabine Timoteo
Ludivine Geschworner
Christophe Sermet

Production

Director: Séverine Cornamusaz
Screenwriters: Séverine Cornamusaz and Marcel Beaulieu
Co-Producers: Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin
Producer: Xavier Grin

Crew

Director of Photography: Carlo Varini
Production Designer: Fabrizio Nicora
Editor: Ursula Leziak
Sound: Henri Maïkoff
Costume Designer: Françoise Nicolet
Original Score: Luc Sicard
Casting: Martine Demierre

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Cyanide

Festivals and Awards

MANNHEIM-HEIDELBERG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Winner at the Recommendations of Cinema Owners (Séverine Cornamusaz)

SWISS FILM PRIZE
Nominated for Best Actress (Sabine Timoteo)

TIBURON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Best script