A resi­den­ti­al care home in Geneva is a fami­ly repla­ce­ment for the girls living the­re – but also the set­ting of explo­si­ve con­flicts. The film tells its protagonist’s sto­ries epi­so­dical­ly. Being so clo­se to the ado­le­s­cents you can­not shake of the impres­si­on of wat­ching a docu­men­ta­ry. But it is fic­tion: THE FAM was deve­lo­ped over two years in clo­se col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with the ensem­ble, rein­for­cing the authen­tic impact of this harsh but also empa­the­tic film. In dif­fe­ring per­spec­ti­ves THE FAM depicts the young women’s situa­ti­on and reflects the weak­ne­s­ses of society’s fra­gi­le social and poli­ti­cal struc­tures, which are sup­po­sed to catch the­se kids. The film strikes at the heart.