My sister
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | My sister |
| Original title | À ma sœur! |
| Country of production | France , Italy |
| original language |
French Italian English |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Catherine Breillat |
| script | Catherine Breillat |
| production |
Conchita Airoldi Jean-François Lepetit |
| music | Pierluigi Balducci , Aldo De Palma |
| camera | Yorgos Arvanitis |
| cut | Pascale Chavance |
| occupation | |
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My sister (original title: À ma sœur!) Is a French - Italian feature film from 2001. The drama was directed by Catherine Breillat , who also wrote the screenplay. The main roles were played by Anaïs Reboux and Roxane Mesquida .
action
Thirteen-year-old chubby Anaïs and her pretty sister Elena, two years older, are spending their holidays with their parents by the sea when Elena meets the Italian Fernando. The two fall in love; Elena makes her first sexual experiences with him. Anaïs, who sleeps in the same room, has to experience this.
The parents have little understanding for their daughters. Overall, there is a very negative mood in the family, the parents hardly know their daughters. The father leaves early because of his work and complains that Anaïs cried on vacation when he is the one who is under pressure.
When the mother learns of Elena's "offense", she leaves early with her daughters and warns Elena that the father will want to have her examined by a gynecologist. In the parking lot where the three of them spend the night, the mother and Elena are killed by a stranger, who then rapes Anaïs. Anaïs, who does not want to allow a man to "conquer" her virginity at no cost, denies having been raped in front of the police.
reception
The film premiered on February 10, 2001 at the 51st Berlinale . It was later shown at other film festivals, including the World Film Festival in Montréal . On March 7, 2001 it was shown in French cinemas, where it was seen by 99,194 visitors. On May 10, 2001 it was released in German-speaking Switzerland and on September 19, 2002 in German cinemas. In the United States, where the film opened on October 12, 2001, My Sister grossed $ 724,116 through March 2003 .
Reviews
My sister is a very controversial film. While some critics hailed it as honest, shocking and startling, others rated it negatively.
James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews, My sister presents one of the most honest and unvarnished looks at brutal teenage life since Todd Solondz 's Welcome to the Madhouse . ("[...] Fat Girl represents one of the most honest and unvarnished looks at the harsh side of being a teenager since Todd Solondz's Welcome to the Dollhouse.")
Roger Ebert said in the November 23, 2001 Chicago Sun-Times it was a startling surprise to see that the film had free will and could end any way it wanted, and that its director could voice her opinion, albeit brutally . ("There is a jolting surprise in discovering that this film has free will, and can end as it wants, and that its director can make her point, however brutally.")
film-rezensions.de judged: "Despite interesting aspects that show the viewer the potential of this material, Breillat's film remains superficial, obvious and pretentious."
Awards
The film took part in the 2001 Berlinale competition for the Golden Bear , but like Lasse Hallström's Chocolat - A Small Bite Enough and Steven Soderbergh's Traffic - Power of the Cartel, it did not prevail against the erotic drama Intimacy by French director Patrice Chéreau . The film won the Manfred Salzgeber Prize at the Berlinale. At the Cannes International Film Festival , Catherine Breillat won the French Culture Prize for the film. She was awarded the Golden Hugo Grand Prize at the Chicago International Film Festival . The film received the MovieZone Prize at the Rotterdam International Film Festival .
The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Online Film Critics Society Awards in 2002, but the award went to the Mexican film Y Tu Mamá También - Lust for Life .
Web links
- My sister in the Internet Movie Database (English)