My Little Sister

Name: My Little Sister
Genre: Drama
Released: January 15, 2021
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 78
Cast: Isabelle Caillat, Jenna Hasse, Jens Albinus, Lars Eidinger, Linne-Lu Lungershausen

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Film Movement | Release Date (Streaming): January 15, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Isabelle Caillat, Jenna Hasse, Jens Albinus, Lars Eidinger, Linne-Lu Lungershausen, Marthe Keller, Moritz Gottwald, Nina Hoss, Paulo dos Santos, Thomas Ostermeier, Urs Jucker

Summary: Lisa, once a brilliant playwright, no longer writes. She lives with her family in Switzerland, but her heart remains in Berlin, beating in time with that of her twin brother Sven, the famous theatre actor. Since Sven has been suffering from an aggressive type of leukaemia, the relationship between them has become even closer. Lisa does notLisa, once a brilliant playwright, no longer writes. She lives with her family in Switzerland, but her heart remains in Berlin, beating in time with that of her twin brother Sven, the famous theatre actor. Since Sven has been suffering from an aggressive type of leukaemia, the relationship between them has become even closer. Lisa does not want to accept this blow of fate, she does everything in her power to bring Sven back on stage. For her soulmate she neglects everything else and even risks losing her husband. Her marriage goes awry, but Lisa only has eyes for her brother, who reflects her deepest longings and awakens in her the desire to be creative, to feel alive again.… Expand

Director: Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 99 min

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Jeannette Catsoulis

Jan 14, 2021

Distinguished by a modestly discreet directing style that allows the actors to shine, My Little Sister offers neither false uplift nor dreary realism. Read full review

IndieWire Kate Erbland

Feb 28, 2020

My Little Sister regains its footing in its final scenes, eschewing the expected for the raw emotion of real life. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Jan 22, 2021

Every moment strengthens the essence of the drama—the bond of love between two people who came out of their mother’s womb within seconds of one another. Read full review

The Film Stage Ed Frankl

Feb 28, 2020

It’s a film that carries emotional power more in its moments of natural reflexiveness than the weepie genre’s more conventional emotional beats, anchored by two focused lead performances that thankfully don’t succumb to melodrama. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

Jan 14, 2021

Written and directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond with superb control and insight, My Little Sister never goes precisely where the audience expects, as the filmmakers dole out crucial information at well-timed intervals, illuminating the pieces of Lisa and Sven’s past that have brought them to this life-or-death point. Read full review

Lee Marshall

Feb 28, 2020

The pleasure of watching five fine actors feed on each other’s crackling dramatic energy drives this sensitive if not exactly groundbreaking Swiss cancer drama. Read full review

Carlos Aguilar

Jan 13, 2021

My Little Sister is frank and poignant. With a distinctive angle and the rawness of the cast’s first-rate performances, Chuat and Reymond elevate a premise that could have, in other hands, veered into the realm of the uninspired. Read full review

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