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My Little Sister (2020)

My Little Sister poster
Original title
Schwesterlein
Directed by
Stéphanie Chuat
Genre
drama film
Country
Switzerland
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
12
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 37 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A playwright in Berlin struggles to support her twin brother who is a celebrated actor battling a serious illness. She must navigate her own ambitions and the complicated dynamics with her family.

intimateemotionally fraughtslow-burnfamilialbittersweetrestrainedgrounded

What happens

My Little Sister (German: Schwesterlein) is a 2020 Swiss drama film written and directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond and starring Nina Hoss and Lars Eidinger. It premiered in the Competition section of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2020 and was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards. At the 2021 Swiss Film Awards, it won Best Fiction Film, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, and Best Screenplay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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