Four-year-old Nina loves to giggle and play with her uncle Josef in their overgrown garden. Knight and princess, eating cookies, building a treehouse. Every time her single mum has to study or to work, she looks out for him and is overjoyed when she finds him sober – but many times Josef isn't. For he is one of the small town’s best-known drunkards, a regular on or under the public parc’s bench.
Up till now, Nina’s mother has always run her brother down, but now, realizing Nina’s affection for him, she slowly starts opening up to him. The situation flips when Josef accidentally hurts the girl. He has to move out of the house and loses touch completely with Nina. He finally stops drinking.
At his sister’s funeral, many years later, his only aim is to meet Nina again. He can’t believe his ears when he’s told that the once sunny girl was thrown off track in her teenage years: drug addict, criminal, prisoner. Although her younger brother is still worried about her, the rest of the family has given up on her and decided to ignore her last email which had been sent from a prison in a remote Ukrainian war zone. Josef doesn’t hesitate. A few days later, he is knocking on the prison door and hoping to rescue the little girl who used to be his princess.
Princess
Peter Luisi
Born in 1975 in Zurich/Switzerland. Studied at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington and at the University of California, Santa Cruz with a degree in film production. Active as a scriptwriter, director, and producer.
1998 MR. RAINDROP, Spielfilm
2004 VERFLIXT VERLIEBT, Spielfilm
2006 LOVE MADE EASY, Spielfilm
2010 DIE PRAKTIKANTIN, Kurzfilm
2011 DER SANDMANN, Spielfilm
2012 BOYS ARE US, Spielfilm HOF 2012
2014 SCHWEIZER HELDEN, Spielfilm
2017 FLITZER, Spielfilm
2021 PRINZESSIN, Spielfilm HOF 2021