Late Shift

2025 1h 32m DE

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7.8

BANGER

★7.8TMDB · 351

Drama

Synopsis

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Dedicated nurse Floria navigates the relentless pace of her hospital’s understaffed surgical ward with humanity and warmth. As her overnight shift intensifies, she is pushed to the brink in a race against time.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Leonie Benesch
Floria Lind
Alireza Bayram
Jan Sharif
Jürg Plüss
Mr. Severin
Jasmin Mattei
Claudia Bach
Lale Yavaş
Mrs. Morina
Andreas Beutler
Ms. Hungerbühler
Urs Bihler
Mr. Leu
Sonja Riesen
Bea Schmid

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Petra Biondina Volpe
Writers: Petra Biondina Volpe
Languages: German
Countries: Switzerland, Germany

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MONEY

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Shot for just $4.6M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 87% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released last year.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Switzerland, Germany.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Petra Biondina Volpe, shot by Judith Kaufmann. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Hansjörg Weißbrich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Leonie Benesch and Alireza Bayram and Jürg Plüss carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Petra Biondina Volpe directs. Judith Kaufmann behind the camera. Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch scores. Hansjörg Weißbrich cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in Switzerland, Germany. Dialogue in German.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $4.6M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Earned back only 87% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released last year.
4International production across 2 countries: Switzerland, Germany.
5Directed by Petra Biondina Volpe, shot by Judith Kaufmann. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Hansjörg Weißbrich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Leonie Benesch and Alireza Bayram and Jürg Plüss carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt32204858 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Judith Kaufmann
Original score: Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch
Editing: Hansjörg Weißbrich
Production design: Beatrice Schultz
Costume design: Linda Harper
Makeup / hair: Marc Hollenstein
Runtime: 92 min · 1h 32m
Status: Released
Budget: $4,600,000
Box office: $3,995,267
Return: 87% of budget
Original language: DE
IMDB: Late Shift (2025)

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CinemaSerf2026-05-28
★ 7/10
If you saw "Boiling Point" (2021) then you will have an idea what to expect on this nightshift spent in an hospital ward with "Floria" (Leonie Benesch). She's a nurse who arrives for work only to discover that there is almost a full complement of twenty-five patients but only one other nurse and and intern to help her out. Filmed as if it were an almost continuous documentary, we follow this cheery and professional lady as she sets about her rounds. Initially, all is steady, busy, but fine until gradually thanks to some nervous, anxious and sometimes quite irascible patients and some concerned family members - including one on the other side of the world, she begins to start to feel the stresses and strains of her understaffed shift. She can't be in two places at once, she's doubling us as a caterer, a porter, a counsellor, a cleaner and a pharmacist - and with the pressure mounting, will she be capable of retaining her cool? Benesch delivers a character here that is both convincing and sympathetic, and that latter element is contagious. We are drawn into the her work and it's complicated balancing acts and made to realise just how difficult this vocation is to carry out, day in day out, all whilst surrounded by a gamut of other human emotions that deliver erratic standards of behaviour that can make her already tough task even more onerous. If anything, this effectively shows us just how much of a labour of love nursing is and how under-resourced this vital area of healthcare can be, and it also shows us something of the skills and dedication that prevail despite the constant workload.

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