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Little Sister

1995 · 91 min

An unsettling, intimate slow-burn that traps you in a claustrophobic sibling dynamic, blurring documentary and obsession until it feels quietly invasive.

Directed by
Robert Jan Westdijk
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Kim van Kooten, Romijn Conen, Hugo Metsers
Overview
After several years without contact, Martijn visits his sister Daantje, who just started to live on her own in Amsterdam. He tells her he is going to make a documentary from her life, and enters her home life with a video camera.

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Directed by
Robert Jan Westdijk
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Kim van Kooten, Romijn Conen, Hugo Metsers
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • family
  • trauma
  • deception
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • found footage
  • mockumentary
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, mystery
Directed by
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Written by
Robert Jan Westdijk, Jos Driessen
Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
91 min
Country
Netherlands
Languages
Dutch

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