Still from Late Shift (2025), by Petra Biondina Volpe.
Still from Late Shift (2025), by Petra Biondina Volpe.
Late Shift
Directed by Petra Biondina Volpe (Switzerland and Germany, 2025, 92 min.). German, Turkish, and French with English subtitles.
Set over the course of a single night, Late Shift follows Floria (Leonie Benesch), a devoted young nurse navigating an understaffed Swiss hospital ward where care, exhaustion, and moral pressure collide. Moving between a critically ill mother, an anxious elderly patient awaiting a diagnosis, and a demanding private patient, Floria performs the quiet, relentless labor of care under mounting time constraints—until a grave error brings her to the brink.
Written and directed by Petra Biondina Volpe and inspired by Madeline Calvelage’s nonfiction book Unser Beruf ist nicht das Problem: Es sind die Umstände, the film is anchored by a riveting performance from Benesch.
Late Shift was selected as Switzerland’s official submission for the 98th Academy Awards and made the December shortlist, affirming its urgent emotional and social resonance.
Wheelchair accessible
With English subtitles
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