Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Anaïs Reboux | ... | Anaïs Pingot | |
Roxane Mesquida | ... | Elena Pingot | |
Libero De Rienzo | ... | Fernando | |
Arsinée Khanjian | ... | Mother | |
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Romain Goupil | ... | François Pingot / Father |
Laura Betti | ... | Fernando's Mother | |
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Albert Goldberg | ... | The Killer |
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Odette Barrière | ... | Friend at Residence |
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Ann Matthijsse | ... | Friend at Residence |
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Pierre Renverseau | ... | Friend at Residence |
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Jean-Marc Boulanger | ... | Friend at Residence |
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Frederick Bodin | ... | Waiter |
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Michel Guillemin | ... | Janitor |
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Josette Cathalan | ... | Saleswoman |
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Claude Sésé | ... | Police Officer (as Claude Sese) |
A Ma Soeur! is a provocative and shocking drama about sibling rivalry, family discord and relationships. Elena is 15, beautiful and flirtatious. Her less confident sister, Anais, is 12, and constantly eats. On holiday, Elena meets a young Italian student who is determined to seduce her. Anais is forced to watch in silence, conspiring with the lovers, but harbouring jealousy and similar desires. Their actions, however, have unforeseen tragic consequences for the whole family. Written by Blackstar
This film is a necessary act of violation on its viewers. A pure, lethal injection of dramatic suffering which is beautifully rendered but left me feeling devastated by its intensity. Breillat is a director who has already made shock-waves with her last film "Romance". In her latest piece of disturbing cinematic violence, she takes us inside the life of a 13 year old overweight girl inside an average, upper middle-class family. On a holiday away with this family, we experience her exposed difference as her 15 year old sister begins to experiment with sex, often with her young sister a passive spectator. The parents are indifferent creatures, affected mainly by social pressures and appearances. Unaware - or possibly simply disinterested - in their daughters lives, they miss the painful undersides of the two girls forced closeness. Breillat offers more explicit sex, erections, and some extremely gruelling violence. I recommend this film but its intelligence and emotional truth is, necessary.