L'enfant d'en haut (Sister)

Ursula Meier
France
Switzerland
100 min
2012
L'enfant d'en haut
Synopsis: 

12-year-old Simon lives in an industrial valley below a luxury ski resort, together with his jobless sister, Louise. Every day, he takes the ski-lift to the opulent ski world above, stealing equipment from the rich tourists to resell to the local kids below. As he partners with a crooked British seasonal worker, Simon loses his boundaries, which affects the relationship with his sister. Confronted with a truth they had both been escaping, Simon seeks refuge up above.

Screenplay: Ursula Meier, Antoine Jaccoud, Gilles Taurand
Cinematography: Agnès Godard
Editing: Nelly Quettier
Music: John Parish
Art direction: Ivan Niclass
Costumes: Anne Van Brée
Cast: Léa Seydoux, Kacey Mottet Klein, Jean-François Stévenin, Martin Compston, Yann Tregouët, Johan Libéreau
Producer: Denis Freyd, Ruth Waldburger
Production: Archipel 35, Vega Film, Radio Télévision Suisse
Sales agent: Memento Films International
Distributor: Diaphana Distribution, Filmcoopi Zürich AG, O’Brother, Teodora Film

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Filmography

  • Djeca
  • Cesare deve morire
  • Io Sono Li
  • L'enfant d'en haut
  • Tabu
  • A perdre la raison
  • Csak a szél
  • Crulic – Drumul spre dincolo
  • A perdre la raison

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