My Little Sister (2020 film)

My Little Sister (German: Schwesterlein) is a 2020 Swiss drama film written and directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.[2][3] It was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[4]

My Little Sister
Film poster
Directed byStéphanie Chuat
Véronique Reymond
Written byStéphanie Chuat
Véronique Reymond
Produced byRuth Waldburger
StarringNina Hoss
Lars Eidinger
CinematographyFilip Zumbrunn
Edited byMyriam Rachmuth
Music byChristian Garcia
Distributed byFilm Movement[1]
Release date
  • 24 February 2020 (2020-02-24) (Berlin)
Running time
100 minutes
CountrySwitzerland
LanguageGerman

Plot

A gifted playwright pushes her twin sibling, a famous stage actor, back into the limelight though he's suffering from cancer.[4]

Cast

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 94% based on 36 reviews, with an average rating of 7.1/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Led by first-rate performances from its stars, My Little Sister explores familial bonds and terminal illness with honesty and sensitivity".[5] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 75 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian called My Little Sister a "fierce and fraught family drama",[7] while Wendy Ide of The Observer called the film a "terrific, prickly sibling drama".[8]

Ty Burr of The Boston Globe called the film "a bracing trip", and "a work of daredevil nerve that serves as its own reward".[9]

According to Anna Smith of Deadline Hollywood, the film is "moving without being mawkish".[10]

See also

References
  1. "My Little Sister". Film Movement. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. "The 70th Berlinale Competition and Further Films to Complete the Berlinale Special". Berlinale. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  3. Dams, Tim (29 January 2020). "Berlin Competition Lineup Revealed: Sally Potter, Kelly Reichardt, Eliza Hittman, Abel Ferrara". Variety.
  4. Barraclough, Leo (28 August 2020). "Berlinale Film My Little Sister to Compete for International Feature Film Oscar". Variety.
  5. "My Little Sister". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  6. "My Little Sister". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  7. Bradshaw, Peter (7 October 2021). "My Little Sister review – fierce and fraught family drama". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  8. Ide, Wendy (9 October 2021). "My Little Sister review – terrific, prickly sibling drama". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  9. Burr, Ty (13 January 2021). "In 'My Little Sister', a bond beyond understanding". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  10. Smith, Anna (26 January 2021). "Int'l Critics Line: Anna Smith On Switzerland's Oscar Entry 'My Little Sister'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 4 October 2022.


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