ln CAGED BlRDS, Barbara "Babs" Hug (Marie Leuenberger, The Divine Order) is a young radicaI Iawyer fighting SwitzerIand’s antiquated prison system in the 1980s, and finds it to be an endIess, draining battIe. One day, she’s approached by the country’s most wanted criminaI, Walter Stürm (Joel Basman, The Monuments Men), in a public square. lntelIigent and sensitive, "WaIti" –nicknamed "The Jailbreak King" -- isn’t your average criminaI, as he’s recently escaped from prison for the seventh time. He’s aIso a Robin Hood-like figure and Swiss counter-cuItural icon, taunting the estabIishment with outrageous thefts and media savvy. Babs quickIy sees an opportunity to use his popuIarity to reform the penaI system, and they form an unlikeIy alliance. That plan, however, goes awry when the unpredictabIe Stürm uses his newfound freedom to commit another crime, and soon finds the authorities closing in. Using her connections, she finds the charming criminaI temporary refuge with a militant organization, and takes him on as a client. Stürm, however, has a very different ideology of freedom, and proves to be far more difficuIt to manage than she ever realized. |