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      Half-Sister

      Released Feb 7, 2014 1 hr. 26 min. Comedy Drama List
      57% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 25% 50+ Ratings Audience Score After her mother dies, a mentally impaired woman (Josiane Balasko) tracks down her uptight half-brother (Michel Blanc). Although he turns her away at first, an accidental dose of Ecstasy changes his mind. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Balasko en service commande pour France Television livre une comedie lissee indigne du Splendide et d'une mievrerie degoulinante qui fait oublier Gazon Maudit. Mais ce qui sidere avant tout, c'est son interpretation horripilante de son personnage de simplette. On concoit vaguement le challenge induit par le role, mais on est clairement a mille lieues de Forrest Gump ou autre Rain Man. Le resultat est miserable et hautement representatif des degats occasionnes par la toute puissance de nos chaines dans la production nationale... Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Une démonstration des risques que peuvent faire courir les gens aux capacités mentales réduites. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Émouvant mais un peu fade. Se regarde bien à la télé. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Juste il faut dire que les acteurs sont très bon, c'est juste un très mauvais film, mal mis en scène et sans réel idée. Je perds espoir pour le cinéma français lorsque je sors de salle en ayant vu une oeuvre pareil. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times Bouncing from one ridiculous scene to another - see Nnette stumble into a rave, flood a hotel room and repair Paul's relationship with his estranged son! - this sickly sweet concoction sets your teeth on edge. Feb 6, 2014 Full Review Mark Jenkins NPR Sweet but silly, Demi-Soeur leaves plot strands flapping as it romps to a hasty conclusion. Feb 6, 2014 Full Review Jordan Hoffman New York Daily News In the end, you've got to have a heart harder than a tortoise shell not get a little misty. Rated: 3/5 Feb 6, 2014 Full Review Prairie Miller WBAI Radio Part Chaplin, part Fellini's La Strada. And a lunatic but respectful adventure of a mentally challenged woman, navigating the far from normal world around her. In a film about failing to see or acknowledge the disabled, and how they enrich our world. Feb 9, 2014 Full Review Doris Toumarkine Film Journal International Demi-Soeur has so clean and clear an arc that it takes no imagination to see where it's all going. But so what? Nice is nice for a change. Feb 5, 2014 Full Review Kam Williams Baret News A poignant parable which puts what matters most in proper perspective. Rated: 3/4 Jan 26, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis After her mother dies, a mentally impaired woman (Josiane Balasko) tracks down her uptight half-brother (Michel Blanc). Although he turns her away at first, an accidental dose of Ecstasy changes his mind.
      Director
      Josiane Balasko
      Executive Producer
      Romain Rousseau
      Screenwriter
      Josiane Balasko, Franck Le Joseph
      Distributor
      Rialto Pictures
      Production Co
      LGM Productions, StudioCanal, Josy Films
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      French (France)
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Feb 7, 2014, Limited
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $634