Brother and Sister

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Brother and Sister

2022

1h 50m

Drama

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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. Then their parents are involved in a serious accident, and the siblings are brought face to face...

David Jenkins

Little White Lies

It’s Cotillard canon, and one for the director’s top tier, without doubt.

May 21, 2022

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

This is exasperatingly nonsensical and humourless: it is full of grand gestures, gigantically self-important acting, big scenes (though often bafflingly truncated), big emotions and smirkingly knowing dialogue.

Rated: 2/5

May 21, 2022

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Ben Croll

indieWire

Brother and Sister seems more like a retread (and a retreat) than anything that’s come prior, marking a new step forward for the lauded director by taking a disappointing step back.

Rated: C

May 21, 2022

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Hector A. Gonzalez

InSession Film

Desplechin might have done his worst feature to date with Brother and Sister. Unfortunately, after displaying some creativity with his work on his previous film, he follows it up with a total disaster.

Rated: D+

Jul 25, 2023

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Dustin Chang

ScreenAnarchy

Both Cortillard and Poupaud are marvelous as they act out the beautifully written script by Desplechin. It's the most emotionally resonant Desplechin film in years.

Apr 3, 2023

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M.G. Mailloux

In Review Online

Open to appreciation on a number of different levels, Brother and Sister is pure Desplechin minus the self-mythologizing, a slight reset that still maintains the director’s sly humor and destabilizing approach to sequencing

Mar 10, 2023

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Arnaud Desplechin

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Marion Cotillard

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Synopsis

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. Then their parents are involved in a serious accident, and the siblings are brought face to face...

Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Screenwriter: Arnaud Desplechin, Julie Peyr
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French
Runtime: 1h 50m