"Those two are different"
Added 3/26/2009
"Sister My Sister" was a breakout hit for Joely Richardson. Based on a true case in 1930s France, Richardson stars as Christine,the controlling older sister of the shy, humble Lea (Jodhi May) They go into the employ of a widow, Madame Danzin (Julie Walters) and her daughter. Walters is the kooky,tyrannical matriarch. While the Papin case was seen by many French intellectuals as an example of class struggle, neither side is particularly angelic.
"Sister My Sister" is emotional and sensual-for a British film--compared to the cerebral French version "La Ceremonie." Lea and Christine feel drawn to each other. In their isolation, they turn to each other. In some ways, the movie glamorizes their incest,but at the same time shows it as the result of their employer's controlling nature and Christine's mental illness.
"Sister My Sister" is a finely done period drama. Based on the Papin case, it is a powerful film.
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Sister My Sister DVD Review
Added 11/20/2008
Sister My Sister is a very well-made and well-acted film; however, the DVD quality is below average in both picture and sound; that's why I've given it three stars. It's a shame that some companies ruin good films by producing substandard DVDs. The DVD is in 4:3 aspect ratio.
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Well acted, quiet, in depth character study of
Added 6/9/2008
how upper middle class that can afford servants, treated those servants. Yes, its only one household, but I can't imagine any of the masters being "kind" to lower end maids. Especially, this woman, who watched every move they made, even though she was paying them a pitance, she was lucky to get 2 for the price of 1, but she kept nit picking, and brow beating them anyway. Granted, these maids were not mentally stable, but who would be after years of abandonment, abuse, and lack of any affection. And the last encounter the was bound to happen, after all, how much could they take before snapping?
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Not satisfied
Added 6/7/2008
I'm sorry to put this review up, but my DVD was contain a documentary or some sort, so, I was wondering, it is normal or I'm being unlucky and got the one that is being mixed up
Thank you
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Finally...A Vehicle That Makes Housework Look Interesting
Added 5/19/2007
This is the film that served as my belated introduction to France's Papin Sisters, Lea and Christine. When in their twenties, they viciously murdered their employer and her unfortunate daughter, while monsieur was away. "Sister My Sister", written by one Wendy Kesselman, leaves monsieur out, replaces the relatively unattractive Papins with two photogenic British actresses, and proceeds to be both ominously claustrophobic and extremely erotic--all despite, alas, both girls remaining clothed. Joely Richardson (daughter of Vanessa Redgrave) and a very young Jodhi May give monumental performances; and the chemistry between the two is quite extraordinary. Early on in the film, it becomes apparent that this is far from your run-of-the mill sisterly relationship, when, after a quarrel over their despotic and devisive mother, Lea and Christine begin acting conspicuously like lovers. As their incestuous (not to mention lesbian) romance blossoms, we become aquainted with The Danzards, a pathetic, utterly dysfuntional, co-dependent mother and daughter, who, in comparision, make their servants seem almost normal. They spend entirely too much time cooped up together in their gloomy, forebidding, rain-drenched home, with nothing better to do than play the piano (badly), engage in meaningless card games(meaningless except for the one intercut with the sisters making love upstairs), and pry into the comings and goings of the increasingly distracted Lea and Christine. (I simply couldn't regret their murders, except for the disaster they would end up bringing to our, uh, heroines.)
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"Those two are different"
Added 3/26/2009
"Sister My Sister" was a breakout hit for Joely Richardson. Based on a true case in 1930s France, Richardson stars as Christine,the controlling older sister of the shy, humble Lea (Jodhi May) They go into the employ of a widow, Madame Danzin (Julie Walters) and her daughter. Walters is the kooky,tyrannical matriarch. While the Papin case was seen by many French intellectuals as an example of class struggle, neither side is particularly angelic.
"Sister My Sister" is emotional and sensual-for a British film--compared to the cerebral French version "La Ceremonie." Lea and Christine feel drawn to each other. In their isolation, they turn to each other. In some ways, the movie glamorizes their incest,but at the same time shows it as the result of their employer's controlling nature and Christine's mental illness.
"Sister My Sister" is a finely done period drama. Based on the Papin case, it is a powerful film.
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Sister My Sister DVD Review
Added 11/20/2008
Sister My Sister is a very well-made and well-acted film; however, the DVD quality is below average in both picture and sound; that's why I've given it three stars. It's a shame that some companies ruin good films by producing substandard DVDs. The DVD is in 4:3 aspect ratio.
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Well acted, quiet, in depth character study of
Added 6/9/2008
how upper middle class that can afford servants, treated those servants. Yes, its only one household, but I can't imagine any of the masters being "kind" to lower end maids. Especially, this woman, who watched every move they made, even though she was paying them a pitance, she was lucky to get 2 for the price of 1, but she kept nit picking, and brow beating them anyway. Granted, these maids were not mentally stable, but who would be after years of abandonment, abuse, and lack of any affection. And the last encounter the was bound to happen, after all, how much could they take before snapping?
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