À ma soeur! (2001)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Catherine Breillat

Writer:

Catherine Breillat (writer)

Release Date:

7 March 2001 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

A new provocation from the director of "Romance"

Plot:

A Ma Soeur! is a provocative and shocking drama about sibling rivalry, family discord and relationships...

Plot Keywords:

Overweight | Fat Girl | Coming Of Age | First Love | Nude Child

Awards:

4 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Anaïs Reboux	...	Anaïs Pingot
Roxane Mesquida	...	Elena Pingot
Libero De Rienzo	...	Fernando
Arsinée Khanjian	...	Mother
Romain Goupil	...	François Pingot / Father
Laura Betti	...	Fernando's Mother
Albert Goldberg	...	The Killer
Odette Barrière	...	Friend at Residence
Ann Matthijsse	...	Friend at Residence
Pierre Renverseau	...	Friend at Residence
Jean-Marc Boulanger	...	Friend at Residence
Frederick Bodin	...	Waiter
Michel Guillemin	...	Janitor
Josette Cathalan	...	Saleswoman
Claude Sese	...	Police Officer
Marc Samuel	...	Inspector

Directed by
Catherine Breillat

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Catherine Breillat		writer

Produced by
Conchita Airoldi	....	co-producer: Urania Pictures
Jean-François Lepetit	....	producer: Flach Film

Cinematography by
Giorgos Arvanitis

Film Editing by
Pascale Chavance

Casting by
Fabrice Bigot
Gilles Cannatella
Olivier Carbone
Nicolas Lublin
Michaël Weill

Production Design by
François-Renaud Labarthe

Set Decoration by
Cécilia Blom
Fabienne David
Christophe Graziani
Fabrice Héraud
Gérald Lemaire
Jean-Luc Molle
Yann Richard

Costume Design by
Ann Dunsford		(as Anne Dunsford-Varenne)
Catherine Meillan

Makeup Department
Dominique Colladant	....	special makeup effects artist
Monique Kaiser	....	assistant makeup artist
Claire Monatte	....	key makeup artist
Patrick Peloille	....	key hair stylist
Fabien Tuizat	....	assistant special makeup effects

Production Management
Bernard Brun	....	post-production supervisor
Pierre Cordonnier	....	assistant unit manager
Fredy Lagrost	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fabrice Bigot	....	second assistant director
David Santini	....	third assistant director
Michaël Weill	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Marie Chapuis	....	painter
Max-Olivier Ducout	....	construction manager
Pascal Guyot	....	constructor
François Hennequin	....	painter
Alexis Jorand	....	painter
Christian Lionel	....	constructor
Guy Lionel	....	painter
Françoise Malaplate	....	painter
Julien Poitou-Weber	....	property master
Roger Saillard	....	constructor
Pierre Eric Yakovenko	....	constructor

Sound Department
Salim Amrani	....	sound mixer
Vincent Arnardi	....	sound re-recording mixer
Frédéric Attal	....	sound editor
Erwan Kerzanet	....	sound assistant
Sylvain Lasseur	....	sound editor
Jean Minondo	....	sound
Jean-Max Morise	....	post-synchronization engineer
Philippe Penot	....	foley artist
Olivier Villette	....	sound assistant

Stunts
Francis Bataille	....	stunts
Gilbert Bataille	....	stunts
Michel Carliez	....	stunt coordinator
Gaëlle Cohen	....	stunts
David Julienne	....	stunts
Michel Julienne	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Michel Norman	....	car dolly stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Philippe Andron	....	grip
Yorgos Angelou	....	key grip
Marcel Berthomier	....	grip
Lucilio Da Costa	....	electrician
Thierry Engler	....	electrician
Olivier Fortin	....	first assistant camera
Philippe Grunebaum	....	grip
Amar Kabouche	....	electrician
Jonathan Kruger	....	still photographer
Izet Kutlovac	....	electrician
Hervé Lafont	....	still photographer
Christophe Le Caro	....	second assistant camera
Manuel Lopes	....	electrician
Jacques Monge	....	Steadicam operator
Dominique Quérou	....	electrician
Olivier Regent	....	gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Janet Latimer	....	costumer
Janine Schlumberger	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
Frédéric Barbe	....	second assistant editor
Jean-Marc Grégois	....	color timer
Gwenola Heaulme	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Jean-Paul Jamot	....	musician: guitar
Fabrice Nguyen Thai	....	musician: guitar

Other crew
Jerome Albertini	....	production assistant (as Jérôme Albertini)
Eric Aufèvre	....	production assistant
Patricia Bales	....	publicist
Sophie Bellavoine	....	teacher
Lysiane Biagini	....	production assistant
Arnaud Boudet	....	production assistant
Marie-Agnès Brossaud	....	production administrator
Pierre Cordonnier	....	production assistant
Sébastien Coulet	....	production assistant
Murielle Cusey	....	production administrator
Claude Davy	....	press attache
Dominique Frizat	....	production administrator
Marion Gaillard	....	production assistant
Marie-Christine Gauchée	....	production administrator
Patrice Guillain	....	technical consultant: police
Phil Hall	....	film publicist
Fabrice Joly	....	production assistant
Lionel Kopp	....	title designer
Marc Lenormand	....	production assistant
Michelle Masseyeff	....	production assistant
Héléna Mendes	....	assistant to producer
Philippe Mestanier	....	chiropractor
Sébastien Meunier	....	ripper
Alexandre Putman	....	ripper
Danilo Radasinovic	....	ripper
Emmanuel Rigaut	....	production assistant
Pascal Rodríguez	....	ripper
Fabrice Sebille	....	ripper
Séverine Siaut	....	script supervisor
François Stacke	....	production assistant
Jean-Luc Staincq	....	ripper

Thanks
Marie-Hélène Breillat	....	thanks
Claire Clouzot	....	thanks

Production Companies

• CB Films
• Canal+
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
• Flach Film
• Immagine e Cinema
• Urania Pictures S.r.l.
• arte France Cinéma

Distributors

• Cowboy Booking International (USA) (subtitled)
• Criterion Collection, The (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2002) (Netherlands) (video)
• Filmmuseum Distributie (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• First Distributors
• Instituto Luce (2001) (Italy)
• Irfan Film (2002) (Turkey) (all media)
• Lions Gate Films (2001) (Canada)
• Madman Entertainment (2003) (Australia) (DVD)
• Metro Tartan Distribution Ltd. (2001) (UK)
• Palisades-Tartan Acquisitions (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• Potential Films (2001) (Australia)
• Prénom H Co. Ltd.
• Pyramide Distribution
• Rézo Films (France)
• Tartan Video (UK) (DVD)
• Tartan Video (UK) (VHS)
• Winson Entertainment Distribution (Hong Kong) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Goutille  catering
• Iris Camera  film equipment
• Tapages  sound equipment

Also Known As:

Fat Girl (International: English title) (USA)
For My Sister (Australia) (International: English title) (literal title)
A mia sorella! (Italy)
Kizkardesim (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Meine Schwester (Germany) [de]
Para a Minha Irmã (Portugal) [pt]
Sisarelleni (Finland) [fi]
Till min syster (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Za siostre! (Poland) [pl]

Runtime:

USA:86 min | France:83 min | UK:81 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French | Italian | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Portugal:M/16 | Finland:K-18 (original rating) | Sweden:15 (TV rating) | Australia:R | Canada:(Banned) (Ontario) (original rating) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (2005) | Canada:R (Alberta) | Canada:R (Ontario) (re-rating) (2003) | Finland:K-15 (re-rating) | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | Italy:VM14 | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Singapore:(Banned) (original rating) | Singapore:R21 (re-rating) (uncut) | South Korea:18 (re-rating on appeal) (uncut) | South Korea:Limited (original rating) | UK:18 (original rating) | UK:18 (video rating) (2002) (cut) | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

France

Company:

CB Films

Trivia:

Won 5 major international awards within 2 years.

Quotes:

Anaïs Pingot: I want my first time to be with someone I don't love.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "SexTV: Nobuyoshi Araki/The Music of X: The Soundtrack of Sex/Catherine Breillat (#5.2)" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Vene Carnevale

unhappy, yet real

It seems to me most the public did not enjoy this particular movie as it is not the kind of movie with a happy or funny ending. This movie comes with a more real-life ending. While this may not be something most the public may wish to see, I was glad to see a film this daring being shown to the public. I believe the film truly shows the unhappy reality of humanity these times and what today's selfish mankind will do to meet certain animalistic needs.

Regards.