Simon (Kacey Mottet Klein) lives with his older sister (Léa Seydoux) in a housing complex below a luxury Swiss ski resort. With his sister drifting in and out of jobs and relationships, twelve-year-old Simon takes on the responsibility of providing for the two of them. Every day, he takes the lift up to the opulent ski world above, stealing equipment from rich tourists to resell to the local kids down in the valley. He is able to keep their little family afloat with his small-time hustles and his sister is thankful for the money he brings in. But, when Simon partners with a crooked British seasonal worker, he begins to lose his boundaries, affecting his relationship with his sister and plummeting him into dangerous territory.

Product details

Director	Ursula Meier
Actor	Gillian Anderson, Jean-François Stévenin, Martin Compston, Yann Trégouët, Johan Libéreau, Léa Seydoux
Label	ADOPT FILMS

Genre	Drama Crime
Content	DVD
FSK / age rating	from age 12
Publication date	31.12.2013
Audio	French
Subtitles	English
Year of production	2012
Original title	L'enfant d'en haut
Version	US Version
Region code	1

Cast & Crew

Actor

Production & Studios

Genre

Drama
Crime

Customer reviews

L'enfant d'en haut

Written on 18. January 2013 by YACO79.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Quand le cinéma suisse fait du social, cela donne "L'enfant d'en haut".. Ce film me fait penser au cinéma des frères Dardenne. Le jeune acteur Kacey Mottet Klein porte le film un peu comme Emilie Dequenne le faisait dans "Rosetta", un brin d'humour en plus..
A voir!!
Winterdieb

Written on 25. October 2012 by Ctulhu.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Endlich mal ein guter Indie-Film aus der Schweiz! Im Stile der Dardenne-Brüder folgen wir dem jungen Simon und seiner Schwester auf Schritt und Tritt. Nicht so gut wie The Kid with a Bike, aber dennoch beachtenswert.
L'Enfant d'En Haut

Written on 25. August 2012 by quattroZa.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Une histoire de la vraie vie... Ursula Meier montre le fossé entre 2 mondes avec une grande justesse... belles interprétations également ! (bonus quand on connaît le Valais: reconnaître avec plaisir les différents endroits ;-))