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“Late Shift ” - Interview with Film Writer / Director Petra Biondina Volpe

“Late Shift ” - Interview with Film Writer / Director Petra Biondina Volpe

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On the surface, Late Shift comes across as an anxiety-inducing medical drama as we follow a nurse on a graveyard shift at an understaffed hospital. But as Swiss filmmaker Petra Biondina Volpe breaks down her research, interactions with healthcare workers, and concerns for an understaffed medical future, Late Shift becomes much more than just a riveting human drama. In this conversation, the director reveals how she set out to undo cliched nurse tropes in medical dramas, how they filmed it all in an abandoned Zurich hospital, and how Late Shift doubles as a “cry to arms” for better care for those who care for us.

Interviewer: Shaurya Thapa

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