Little sister

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Movie
Original title Little sister
Country of production Switzerland
original language German , English , French
Publishing year 2020
length 99 minutes
Rod
Director Stéphanie Chuat ,
Véronique Reymond
script Stéphanie Chuat,
Véronique Reymond
production Ruth Waldburger
music Christian Garcia-Gaucher
camera Filip Zumbrunn
cut Myriam Rachmuth
occupation

Sister (international title: My Little Sister and Petite Soeur ) is a Swiss feature film by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond from the year 2020 . The drama, for which the two directors also wrote the script, tells of a pair of twins (portrayed by Nina Hoss and Lars Eidinger ) who have celebrated success in the Berlin theater world but are then confronted with a stroke of fate in their health.

The film was produced by the Swiss film producer Ruth Waldburger . The world premiere took place on February 24, 2020 as part of the competition at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival .

action

Lisa once celebrated success as a writer on Berlin stages. She now lives with her family in a provincial village in Switzerland, where her husband Martin runs an elite international school. Her twin brother Sven has also achieved fame as an actor at the Berlin Schaubühne . But an aggressive leukemia disease interrupted his career. Sven hopes to be able to perform as Hamlet again . His friend and long-time director David doesn't want to cast the role with him because he fears that Sven could collapse on stage or even die.

The blow of fate makes the relationship between the siblings even closer. Lisa doesn't want to accept her brother's diagnosis. She travels to Berlin and does everything to see Sven on stage again as an actor. At the same time, she begins to feel creative and alive again. But Sven's condition is getting worse and her mother, Kathy, also an actress, proves to be unreliable and preoccupied with herself. Lisa then takes her brother to Switzerland. She hopes there will be a miracle through new treatment methods. For the healing of her twin brother, Lisa neglects everything else, including her family. This threatens to break up her marriage, especially when her husband Martin extends his contract with the school for five years without consulting her.

When Sven refrains from further treatments and his illness becomes more and more restrictive, he finally returns to Berlin. Lisa also travels to Berlin with her children Noah and Linne-Lu to support her brother, but without letting Martin know about it. Lisa, who had previously suffered from writer's block for a long time, is setting out on a modern adaptation of Hansel and Gretel . With this piece she wants to let Sven appear one last time at the Schaubühne, but David again refuses, referring to Sven's illness. Lisa is deeply disappointed in David. Meanwhile, Martin travels from Switzerland and takes the two children with him because, in his opinion, they shouldn't watch their uncle die. However, when the children are reluctant to leave Sven and their mother, Martin gives in and brings the children back to Lisa. This completes her play about Hansel and Gretel on the deathbed of their twin brother, carried by his encouragement and advice.

background

The shooting took place from February to March 2019.

The film is due to hit German cinemas on October 29, 2020.

Awards

With their little sister , Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond competed for the Golden Bear for the first time , the main prize at the Berlinale. But the film did not receive an award.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c little sister . In: berlinale.de (accessed on February 11, 2020).
  2. ↑ a b little sister . In: vegafilm.com (accessed January 29, 2020).
  3. ↑ Little sister at crew united (accessed on January 29, 2020).
  4. ↑ Start dates Germany In: insidekino.com. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  5. ^ The competition of the 70th Berlinale and final selection of the Berlinale Special . In: berlinale.de, January 29, 2020 (accessed January 29, 2020).