My Little Sister
  • Fiction
  • Schweiz
  • 1h 39m

My Little Sister

  • 2020
  • Director Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond

Brilliant playwright, Lisa no longer writes. She lives in Switzerland with her family but her heart has stayed in Berlin, beating to the rhythm of her brother's heart. The ties between the twins have grown stronger since Sven was diagnosed with an aggressive type of leukaemia. He's a famous theatre actor and Lisa refuses to accept his fate, moving heaven and earth to get him back on stage. She gives her all for her soul mate, neglecting everything else, even risking her marriage. Her relationship with her husband starts to fall apart, but Lisa only has eyes for her brother, her mirror, who connects her back with her deepest aspirations and rekindles her desire to create, to feel alive...

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With Nina Hoss, Lars Eidinger, Marthe Keller, Jens Albinus, Thomas Ostermeier
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ISAN: 0000-0004-669E-0000-N-0000-0000-5
My Little Sister

Synopsis

Brilliant playwright, Lisa no longer writes. She lives in Switzerland with her family but her heart has stayed in Berlin, beating to the rhythm of her brother's heart. The ties between the twins have grown stronger since Sven was diagnosed with an aggressive type of leukaemia. He's a famous theatre actor and Lisa refuses to accept his fate, moving heaven and earth to get him back on stage. She gives her all for her soul mate, neglecting everything else, even risking her marriage. Her relationship with her husband starts to fall apart, but Lisa only has eyes for her brother, her mirror, who connects her back with her deepest aspirations and rekindles her desire to create, to feel alive...

In 2021, MY LITTLE SISTER has won five Swiss Film Awards "Quartz":

Best Film - Stéphanie Chuet, Véronique Rymond & Ruth Waldburger
Best Screenplay - Stéphanie Chuet & Véronique Rymond
Best supporting Actress - Marthe Keller
Best Cinematography - Filip Zumbrunn
Best Film Editing - Myriam Rachmuth

Details

Start
03.09.2020 German-speaking Switzerland
16.09.2020 French-speaking Switzerland
Language
Schweiz
Duration
1h 39m
Format
DCP ; Dolby SR-Digital ; 1.85:1
Distribution Switzerland
VEGA Distribution, Praesens Film
Worldwide distribution
Beta Cinema, München
Production
VEGA Film, RTS, SRG/SSR, ARTE

Credits

Director
Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond
Script
Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond
Producer
Ruth Waldburger
Cast
Nina Hoss, Lars Eidinger, Marthe Keller, Jens Albinus, Thomas Ostermeier
Photography
Filip Zumbrunn
Editing
Myriam Rachmuth
Sound
Patrick Storck, Gina Keller, Jacques Kieffer
Music
Christian Garcia-Gaucher
Art direction
Marie-Claude Lang
Costumes
Anna Van Brée
Versions
OV Deutsch, UT Französisch