Sister

Winterdieb
L'enfant d'en haut

Switzerland / France, February 2012
FILM, Fiction, 97 min.

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directed by
Ursula Meier
Written by
Antoine Jaccoud, Ursula Meier, Gilles Taurand
Status
In distribution

Simon lives with his older sister in a housing complex below a luxury Swiss ski resort. With his sister drifting in and out of jobs and relationships, 12-year-old Simon takes on the responsibility of providing for the two of them. Every day, he takes the lift up to the opulent ski world above, stealing equipment from rich tourists to resell to the local kids down in the valley. He is able to keep their little family afloat with his small-time hustles and his sister is thankful for the money he brings in. But, when Simon partners with a crooked British seasonal worker, he begins to lose his boundaries, affecting his relationship with his sister and plummeting him into dangerous territory.

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World Premiere
February 2012
Original Version
French,  colour, 35mm, 97 min.
Production
Vega Film, Archipel 35, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Producer
Ruth Waldburger, Denis Freyd
directed by
Ursula Meier
Written by
Antoine Jaccoud, Ursula Meier, Gilles Taurand
Cinemato­graphy
Agnès Godard
Editing
Nelly Quettier
Sound Editing
Etienne Curchod
Music
John Parish
Location Sound Mix
Henri Maïkoff
Production Design
Ivan Niclass
Lighting Design
Jean-Pierre Baronsky
Costumes
Anna Van Brée
Casting
Jeanne Rektorik, Sarah Neumann, Aurélie Guichard

Cast

Kacey Mottet Klein as Simon
Léa Seydoux as Louise
Martin Compston as Mike
Gillian Anderson as Kristin Jansen

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Memento Films International

Worldwide Distribution

Argentina
Cinetren Distribution
Australia
Palace Films Distribution
Austria
Thimfilm GmbH Distribution
Release date: 26.04.2013
Belgium
O'Brother Distribution Distribution
Release date: 25.04.2012
Brazil
Esfera Filmes Distribution
Release date: 27.04.2012
Canada
Filmatique VOD
Canada
Axia Films Distribution
Croatia
MCF Megacom Film Distribution
Release date: 11.10.2012
Denmark
Miracle Film Distribution Distribution
Release date: 24.01.2013
France
Diaphana Distribution Distribution
Release date: 18.04.2012

Germany
Arsenal Filmverleih GmbH Distribution
Release date: 08.11.2012
Greece
Seven Films Distribution
Release date: 06.12.2012
Hungary
Mozinet Distribution
Release date: 26.07.2012
Iran
Irib Media Trade Distribution
Israel
Lev Cinemas / Shani Films Distribution
Italy
Teodora Film Distribuzione Distribution
Release date: 11.05.2012
Japan
Child Film TV Rights
Norway
Europafilm AS Distribution
Release date: 14.09.2012
Paraguay
Ifa Cinema Distribution
Poland
SC+ Poland TV Rights
Portugal
Midas Filmes Distribution
Release date: 27.09.2012
Russian Federation
Kamer-Ton-Film-Russia Distribution
Slovenia
MCF Megacom Film Distribution
Release date: 06.12.2012
South Korea
Green Narae Media Distribution
Spain
Karma Films Distribution
Release date: 15.11.2013
Sweden
Folkets Bio AB Distribution
Release date: 18.01.2013
Switzerland
Filmcoopi Zürich AG Distribution
Release date: 04.04.2012
United Kingdom
Soda Pictures / Thunderbird Releasing Distribution
Release date: 26.10.2012
United States
Filmatique VOD
Uruguay
Ifa Cinema Distribution

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