- Director: Ursula Meier
- Screenplay: Ursula Meier, Antoine Jaccoud
- Cinematography: Agnès Godard
- Editing: Nelly Quettier
- Cast: Léa Seydoux, Kacey Mottet Klein, Martin Compston, Gillian Anderson
- Producer: Ruth Waldburger, Denis Freyd
- Production: Vega Film, Archipel 35
- Distributor: Filmcoopi
- Contact: Marco Brazerol,
- Festivals: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Silberner Bär), Festival del film Locarno
Sister
A luxury ski resort in Switzerland. 12-year-old Simon (Kacey Mottet Klein) lives in the industrial valley below, with his jobless sister, Louise (Léa Seydoux). Every day, he takes the ski-lift to the opulent ski world above, stealing equipment from the rich tourists to resell to the local kids back down in the valley. As he partners with a crooked British seasonal worker, Simon loses his boundaries, which affects the relationship with his sister. Confronted with a truth they had both been escaping, Simon seeks refuge up above.
Ursula Meier’s second feature stands out with its clear images and its ambivalent depiction of the siblings, which holds the tension up to the very last second.
Ursula Meier
is a Swiss-French director who studied film at the Institut des Arts de Diffusion in Belgium. She was second assistant director on two films by Alain Tanner while also making her own short films. Her first feature for cinema HOME premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival Critics’ Week. Her next film SISTER was shown in Competition at the 2012 Berlinale and won a Silver Bear Special Award. Both films were the Swiss submissions for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, HOME in 2009 and SISTER in 2013.
Filmography
2015 Kacey Mottet Klein, Birth of an Actor (short documentary)
2014 Bridges of Sarajevo (segment„Quiet Mujo“, short feature)
2012 L’enfant d’en haut
2008 Home
2002 Des épaules solides (TV )
2002 Pas les flics, pas les noirs, pas les blancs (long documentary)
2001 Tous à table (short feature)
2000 Autour de Pinget (long documentary)
1998 Des heures sans sommeil (short feature)
1994 Le songe d’Isaac (short feature)
