Sister

Name: Sister
Genre: Drama
Released: October 5, 2012
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 81

2012

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Adopt Films | Release Date: October 5, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: Simon lives with his older sister in a housing complex below a luxury Swiss ski resort. With his sister drifting in and out of jobs and relationships, twelve-year-old Simon takes on the responsibility of providing for the two of them. Everyday, he takes the lift up to the opulent ski world above, stealing equipment from rich tourists toSimon lives with his older sister in a housing complex below a luxury Swiss ski resort. With his sister drifting in and out of jobs and relationships, twelve-year-old Simon takes on the responsibility of providing for the two of them. Everyday, he takes the lift up to the opulent ski world above, stealing equipment from rich tourists to resell to the local kids down in the valley. He is able to keep their little family afloat with his small-time hustles and his sister is thankful for the money he brings in. But when Simon partners with a crooked British seasonal worker, he begins to lose his boundaries, affecting his relationship with his sister and plummeting him into dangerous territory. [Adopt Films]… Expand

Director: Ursula Meier

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 97 min

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The Playlist Emma Bernstein

Oct 4, 2012

Sister is as bleak and as beautiful as its snowy, mountainous setting. Read full review

Peter Rainer

Oct 5, 2012

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. Read full review

Mary Pols

Oct 8, 2012

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. Read full review

Keith Uhlich

Oct 2, 2012

Meier is clearly carving out a path all her own; the next one should be a gem. Read full review

Tom Dawson

Oct 17, 2012

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. Read full review

Walter Addiego

Nov 9, 2012

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. Read full review

Nick Schager

Oct 2, 2012

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. Read full review

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ryanneevman

Nov 23, 2014

The cool thing about sister is that It really makes you curious about what it is about/what is going to happen. Its pleasant enough, and quite likeable.

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Bestpony

Dec 9, 2012

One look at the description and you know what you're getting into: a bleak, realistic European drama that probably isn't the best choice for movie night with your friends. It's unpleasant, it's the exact opposite of entertaining, but it's compelling, the acting is solid, and if "scenes fromOne look at the description and you know what you're getting into: a bleak, realistic European drama that probably isn't the best choice for movie night with your friends. It's unpleasant, it's the exact opposite of entertaining, but it's compelling, the acting is solid, and if "scenes from a Swiss boy's messed up childhood" sounds like something you'd want to see, you won't be disappointed.… Expand

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