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Half-Sister

Released Feb 7, 2014 1h 26m Comedy Drama List
57% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 25% Audience Score 50+ Ratings
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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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

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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
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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
Producer
Cyril Colbeau-Justin, Jean-Baptiste Dupont, Adrian Politowski, Gilles Waterkeyn, Josiane Balasko
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
Runtime
1h 26m