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WHEN WE WERE SISTERS


A FILM BY LISA BRÜHLMANN

WHEN WE WERE SISTERS

2024 · FICTION
SWITZERLAND / GREECE
110 MIN
 1996: Fifteen-year-old Valeska is going on vacation to Crete with her mother Monica. Jacques, her mother's new boyfriend, and his daughter Lena, who Valeska doesn't get along with at first, are joining them. Slowly, however, a friendship develops between the two girls. While they find a sister in each other, the adults' relationship spirals out of control. Valeska must emancipate herself from her mother and, in doing so, give up her dream of a family.
CREDITS WORLD PREMIERE: Planned for 4th quarter 2024
ORIGINAL VERSION: Swiss-German
PRODUCTION: Zodiac Pictures Ltd, Filmiki Productions, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR
PRODUCER: Lukas Hobi, Reto Schaerli
DIRECTED BY: Lisa Brühlmann
WRITTEN BY: Lisa Brühlmann
MUSIC COMPOSED BY: Balz Bachmann & Dino Brandaõ

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AWARDS

 2024 Sottodiciotto Filmfestival, Torino
  Best Feaure Film Award

2024 Nominierte Golden Eye Award, Zurich Film Festival
  • Best International Feature Film

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