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Brother and Sister

2022 · 108 min

A raw, emotionally charged family drama that unfolds slowly, with confrontations and quiet moments of grief and resentment.

Directed by: Arnaud Desplechin
Genres: Drama
Starring: Melvil Poupaud, Marion Cotillard, Golshifteh Farahani

Overview: Alice and Louis are brother and sister. She is an actress; he was a teacher and poet. For more than 20 years, Alice has hated her brother. In all this time they haven’t seen one another. The death of their parents brings the siblings face to face.

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Directed by: Arnaud Desplechin
Genres: Drama
Starring: Melvil Poupaud, Marion Cotillard, Golshifteh Farahani

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
grief
betrayal
identity
redemption
Places: big city
hospital
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Arnaud Desplechin
Written by: Arnaud Desplechin, Naïla Guiguet, Julie Peyr
Starring: Melvil Poupaud, Marion Cotillard, Golshifteh Farahani, Cosmina Stratan, Max Baissette de Malglaive, Benjamin Siksou, Patrick Timsit, Joël Cudennec
Music: Grégoire Hetzel
Cinematography: Irina Lubtchansky
Runtime: 108 min
Country: France
Languages: French, Hebrew

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