Two dissimilar sisters

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Movie
German title Two dissimilar sisters
Original title Les sœurs fâchées
Country of production France
original language French
Publishing year 2004
length 92 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Alexandra Leclère
script Alexandra Leclère
production Philippe Godeau
music Philippe Sarde
camera Michel Amathieu
cut Hervé de Luze
Jacqueline Mariani
occupation

Two unequal sisters (original title: Les sœurs fâchées ) is a French comedy film directed by Alexandra Leclère from 2004.

action

Louise Mollet drives from Le Mans to her sister Martine Demouthy in Paris . They haven't seen each other in three years. Louise has now worked on her debut novel and has received an invitation from a Parisian publisher. She arrives two days earlier to be able to spend time with her sister. The elegant Martine is repeatedly embarrassed by the appearance of the sister from the country. Louise talks too much, appears too indiscreet, too awkward and down-to-earth for the constantly nervous Martine. More and more often she reacts ironically or derogatory to her sister, be it at the hairdresser or at the opera. Martine is particularly irritated when Louise calls her mother from her apartment. She is an alcoholic and now has dementia. Martine has never forgiven her for once writing her daughters a nasty letter in which she parted ways. But there are also problems in her family. Martine no longer feels love for her husband Pierre and cannot develop a relationship with her son either. Pierre, in turn, is secretly cheating on her with her best friend Sophie, who runs a gallery.

At a meal with Louise and Sophie and their husband, Louise confesses to her sister that she has left her husband and is living with another man - a story that she also processed in her novel. Martine is so embarrassed by the conversation that she gets drunk. The following day, Louise has an appointment with the publisher, who tells her that she wants to publish her book. Louise later meets Martine again at a vernissage, who in turn sees her former lover Charles. He is now married to an artist and has one child. Martine is depressed. Although she wants to give her life a new meaning and work, she realizes that she has never really worked. When her sister, who works as a beautician in Le Mans, wants to talk to her about looking for a job and the vernissage, Martine freaks out, slaps her in the face and yells at her that she can no longer stand her presence. Martine returns home later, but turns around when she finds the crying Louise in her apartment. She goes to Sophie. In their bed, she finds a scarf from her husband, realizes that he is cheating on her with her best friend, and reacts angry and hurt. She now wants to throw Louise, whose appearance she blames for all the misfortunes of the last few days, out of the apartment, but she has already moved out. Both sisters spend the night crying in different houses in Paris. The next morning Martine calmed down. Indifferently, she spits on her husband at the breakfast table with grape seeds until Pierre leaves. Martine, in turn, goes to the train station with her son, where she says goodbye to Louise. Both women split up reconciled.

production

Two dissimilar sisters was filmed in Paris. The costumes were created by Esther Walz , the film structures are by Carlos Conti . It was the feature film debut for director Alexandra Leclère.

The film premiered on November 21, 2004 at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival and opened in French cinemas on December 22, 2004, where it was seen by 1,405,007 visitors. In Germany, the film was released on August 25, 2005 and was released on DVD on March 17, 2006.

synchronization

role actor Voice actor
Martine Demouthy Isabelle Huppert Susanna Bonaséwicz
Louise Mollet Catherine Frot Elisabeth Günther
Pierre Demouthy François Berléand Reinhard Kuhnert
Sophie Brigitte Catillon Kerstin Sanders-Dornseif
Géraldine Christiane Millet Philine Peters-Arnolds

criticism

For the lexicon of international films , Two Unequal Sisters was a "wonderfully played film with partly polished dialogues, the director of which does not take a position, but places greater value on a smooth staging". However, the film remains "in a strange limbo" because Martine's dreary everyday life is analyzed, but no consequences follow. "[T] he pleasure with which Isabelle Huppert and Catherine Frot hit each other's ears - that's more exciting than many a Wimbledon final," said Cinema .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for two dissimilar sisters . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2005 (PDF; test number: 103 347 K).
  2. ↑ See Les soeurs fâchées on allocine.fr
  3. ↑ Two dissimilar sisters. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Two dissimilar sisters. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  5. ↑ See cinema.de