Sister is a Swiss/French 2012 crime drama movie directed by Ursula Meier, presented on DVD.
“I have no parents. I have only my sister”
Léa Seydoux (BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR, FAREWELL MY QUEEN) delivers on her promise as France’s next breakthrough star with her astonishing performance in SISTER, Ursula Meier’s internationally-heralded and extraordinarily moving new drama about two siblings searching for a place in the world.
12-year-old Simon (Kacey Mottet Klein) lives with his restless older sister Louise (Seydoux) at the base of the Swiss Alps. Every day he takes the cable car to the ski resorts above to pilfer from rich tourists, while Louise drifts through a series of part-time jobs and promiscuity, sometimes disappearing for days on end. In her absence, Simon forges a strong bond with a wealthy tourist (Gillian Anderson), and his fragile relationship with his sister fractures into dangerous new territory…
Sister Movie Reviews
“Sister is as bleak and as beautiful as its snowy, mountainous setting.” The Playlist
“Her film is closer to Truffaut's "The 400 Blows” in the way it gets inside the gumption and desperation of childhood lived on the edge. It's a terrific, bracingly sad movie." Christian Science Monitor
“Director Ursula Meier's Sister is a penetrating study of familial bonds, quietly devastating in parts, beautiful on whole and destined to make you fall in love with a practiced and entirely amoral preteen thief.” Time
“Meier is clearly carving out a path all her own; the next one should be a gem.” Time Out New York
“The strong supporting gallery – including Gillian Anderson and Martin Compston – feels underused, but Meier and her ace DoP Agnès Godard make shrewd use of the dramatic alpine locations.” Total Film
“The real acting laurels go to Klein, who is both an adult and a child – by turns smart and not so smart, brave and fearful, caring and full of disdain.” San Francisco Chronicle
'Writer/director Ursula Meier uses a stripped-down, naturalistic aesthetic full of well-organized compositions that pay close attention to shifts in character mood, comportment, and behavior." Village Voice