Summer 1900, in a valley in southern Switzerland. Elisabeth is seventeen years old and about to take her vows when the sudden death of her older sister forces her to leave the convent and return to the family farm she had left five years earlier. But Elisabeth is no longer a child. Stifled by the suffocating and strict rules of the village and obsessed by the mysteries surrounding her sister's disappearance, she will fight for her right to experiment. The highly talented French-speaking Swiss director Carmen Jaquier explores female emancipation in the midst of oppressive social norms in impressively composed images.
Sister Distribution
Language French Subtitles deutsch, english, italiano
Length 92 min. Screen format 16/9, colour Sound 2.0 & 5.1 Age 14 Zone 0 - PAL
Bonus Bal des sirènes (2013, 23 min.), La Rivière sous la langue (2015, 18 min.)
