Writer/director Ursula Meier's SISTER is a deeply affecting humanist drama of two siblings struggling to find a place in the world, and their determination to maintain self-sufficiency, no matter the cost.
As Louise becomes more and more dependent on his meagre earnings, Simon ups the stakes by ingratiating himself with a wealthy tourist (Gillian Anderson) and her family, and -- even more dangerously -- by partnering with a crooked British seasonal worker (Martin Compston). But this new-found 'wealth' does not transform his life in the way he imagined, and his fragile relationship with Louise fractures into dangerous new territory, with unimaginable repercussions.
Against the striking canvas of the Alps (expertly captured by cinematographer Agnes Godard) and with a haunting score by PJ Harvey collaborator John Parish, Meier adroitly explores the intimacy of two lost souls, both struggling with unique forms of self-deceit, but also an unquenchable thirst for love.
