Leonie Benesch

Leonie Benesch Shines Light On Realities Of Nursing In New Film Late Shift

Leonie Benesch, who rose to prominence with her performance as the harsh, young teacher in The Teachers’ Lounge, has an impressive presence again on the screen in Late Shift, directed by Petra Volpe, which is released this weekend in the UK and Ireland through Vertigo. Benesch appears as a realistic working night shift nurse, Floria, at a large Swiss hospital, and does it in a way that we know this story isn’t in the realm of hospital dramas. Rather than embellishing nurses' work in all of the currently popular hospital dramas, Late Shift draws the focus on the nurses at a busy, overly  | Click Here...