When We Were Sisters
Switzerland / Greece, October 2024
FILM,
Fiction,
101 min.
- directed by
- Lisa Brühlmann
- Written by
- Lisa Brühlmann
- Status
- In distribution
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
- October 2024
- Original Version
- Swiss-German, colour, DCP, 101 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0006-3860-0000-Z-0000-0000-6
- Production
- Zodiac Pictures Ltd, Filmiki Productions, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR
- Producer
- Lukas Hobi, Reto Schaerli, Dimitris Logiadis, Nicholas Alavanos
- directed by
- Lisa Brühlmann
- Written by
- Lisa Brühlmann
- Cinematography
- Michael Saxer
- Editing
- Kaya Inan
- Location Sound Mix
- Marco Teufen
- Sound Editing
- Manu Gerber
- Sound Design
- Manu Gerber
- Re-Recording Mix
- Jacques Kieffer
- Music
- Balz Bachmann, Dino Brandão
- Production Design
- Peter Scherz
- Costumes
- Sara Giancane
- Make up
- Marina Aebi
- Casting
- Corinna Glaus, Sofia Dimopoulou
Cast
Paula Rappaport as Valeska
Malou Mösli as Lena
Lisa Brühlmann as Monica
Carlos Leal as Jacques
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Zodiac Pictures Ltd
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Filmcoopi Zürich AG
Distribution
Release date: 16.01.2025
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Seville, 21° Sevilla Festival de Cine Europeo
08.11.2024 - 16.11.2024 -
Rome, 22. Alice nella Città Film Festival
16.10.2024 - 27.10.2024 -
Zurich, 20. Zurich Film Festival
03.10.2024 - 13.10.2024