Sister

Year: 2012
Production Country: Switzerland-France
Directed by: Ursula Meier
Featuring: Léa Seydoux / Gillian Anderson / Martin Compston
Running time: 97min

An aching, erudite drama about siblings living in an industrial valley at the base of a luxury ski resort in Switzerland, featuring Gillian Anderson.

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Twelve-year-old Simon spends his days stealing sportsgear from folks at the ski-station on the mountain above the town where he lives with his flighty, seemingly irresponsible sister; it’s a way of making ends meet. But then he becomes fascinated by a wealthy Englishwoman and her family staying at the resort... Meier’s follow-up to Home is an even finer achievement, a tense, insightful drama built on excellent performances (Kacey Mottet Klein is superb as Simon), an evocative use of landscape, and a sharp sense of ambiguity; comparisons with the work of the Dardennes and Clare Denis are well justified.