Sister
aka L'enfant d'en haut
First screened in January 2013
Director: Ursula Meier. Cast: Kacey Mottet Klein, Léa Seydoux, Martin Compston, Gabin Lefebvre, Yann Trégouët, Gillian Anderson, Jean-François Stévenin, Magne-Håvard Brekke. Screenplay: Antoine Jaccoud, Ursula Meier, and Gilles Taurand.
Twitter Capsule: Moving, unsettling parable of economic and emotional abandonment, without didacticism. Style closer to Denis than Dardenne.

Photo © 2012 Vega Film/Archipel 35/Adopt Films
Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B+


Awards:
Berlin Film Festival: Silver Bear (Special Award)

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