Sister (2012) is a movie about a young girl named Simon who helps her older sister, Louise, in petty thefts to survive in the Swiss Alps. They steal various items like brand-name clothing and ski equipment to sell on the black market. Simon is only 12 years old and lives in poverty with her single mother. The movie explores themes of family conflict, social issues, and the desperation of poverty. The relationship between the sisters is also a central focus of the plot.
A teenage girl with a cleaning obsession and her family live in an isolated house. The girl's mother is a hypochondriac and her father is mentally unstable. They navigate through their eccentricities and the girl's coming-of-age in a peculiar environment.
Margaret, 35, has a history of violent behaviour which has cost her a romantic relationship. She has moved back in with her mother Christina, a fragile, immature 55-year-old woman who blames Margaret, her firstborn, for ruining her dreams of a career as a concert pianist. In a state of unbridled fury during an argument, Margaret hits Christina. The law steps in, further complicating family dynamics. As she awaits trial, Margaret is forbidden from coming into contact with her mother or within 100 metres of their home. This only intensifies her desire to be closer to her family. Every day, Margaret appears at this 100-metre threshold to see her 12-year-old sister Marion and give her music lessons.
Thirteen European directors explore the theme of Sarajevo; what this city has represented in European history over the past hundred years, and what Sarajevo stands for today in Europe. These eminent filmmakers of different generations and origins offer exceptional singular styles and visions.
On February 27, 2009, pupil Benjamin Feller commits a crime which he has meticulously described beforehand in a diary entry. He goes to the post office to send the diary entry to his teacher before he shoots his parents and turns himself in to the police. His teacher Esther Fontanel tries to understand the events in retrospect. But as the journal’s addressee, she is increasingly targeted by the police herself.
A brother is reunited with his sister in their old family home after years of separation. In the still of the night, images and sounds from their childhood come rushing back, reminding them of a father who, although often austere, did on occasion seem to enter into the spirit of things.
A group of friends get together for a birthday dinner. It's the end of the meal and the atmosphere's high: people are singing, drinking, hugging each other, telling jokes. Then someone asks a riddle: "In the Amazon, three ants are walking on a tree stump…". The evening will soon change tune.
A young woman obsessively trains to be a track-and-field star.
A body is growing and developing in front of the camera, absorbing sensations and emotions, confronting its limits and its darker hidden parts. A body that through the years abandons itself to the character, transforming what could be seen as simple (children's) play-acting into the true work of an actor.
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