Les Sœurs fâchées

• Isabelle Huppert: Martine Demouthy
• Catherine Frot: Louise Mollet
• François Berléand: Pierre Demouthy
• Brigitte Catillon: Sophie
• Michel Vuillermoz: Richard
• Christiane Millet: Géraldine
• Rose Thiéry: Fernanda
• Bruno Chiche: Charles
• Jean -Philippe Puymartin: publisher
• Aurore Auteuil: Receptionist in Publishing
• Antoine Beaufils: Alexandre Demouthy

Two very different sisters is a French comedy film directed by Alexandra Leclère from the year 2004.

Action

Louise Mollet runs from Le Mans to her sister Martine Demouthy to Paris. Both of them have not seen each other for three years. Now Louise has been working on her debut novel and received an invitation from a Parisian publisher. She travels two days earlier to spend time with her ​​sister can. The elegant Martine is touched repeatedly embarrassed by the sister of the land occurs. Louise talks too much, seems too indiscreet to awkward and down to earth for the ever nervous Martine. More and more it reacts ironic or derogatory to her sister, be it at the hairdresser or the opera. Especially irritated is Martine, calling as Louise from her apartment from her mother. The is an alcoholic and now suffer from dementia. The fact that she has her daughters once wrote an angry letter in which they seceded from two, Martine has never forgiven her. But even in their family, there are problems. Martine does not feel any more love for her husband Pierre, and can not establish a relationship with her son. Pierre again secretly cheating with her best friend Sophie, who runs a gallery.

At a dinner with Louise and Sophie, and her husband, Louise confesses to her sister that she has left her husband and is living with another man - a story that she processed in her novel. Martine is the conversation so embarrassed that she gets drunk. The following day, Louise has to want to bring out the appointment with the publisher, who tells her her book. Louise later meets on a vernissage back to Martine, who in turn sees her former lover Charles. He is now married to an artist and has a child. Martine is depressed. Although she wants to give her life a new meaning and work, but realizes that she has never really worked. When her sister who works at Le Mans as a beautician, wants to talk talkative with her about the job search and the vernissage, Martine freaks out, slaps her and yells at her that she no longer endure their presence. Martine returns home later, but turns around when she encounters the weeping Louise in her apartment. She goes to Sophie. In whose bed she finds a scarf cloth of her husband, realizes that he is cheating on her with her best friend, and reacts angry and hurt. She now wants to Louise, whose appearance makes them responsible for all the misfortunes of the past few days, throw out of the apartment, but it is already undressed. Spend the night both sisters crying in different houses in Paris. The next morning, Martine has calmed down. Apathetic they spat on her husband at the breakfast table with grape seeds until Pierre goes. Martine again and together with her son to the station where she says goodbye to Louise. Both women separate reconciled.

Production

Two very different sisters was shot in Paris. The costumes created Esther Walz, Filmbauten come from Carlos Conti. It was the first feature film for director Alexandra Leclère.

The film underwent on 21 November 2004 at the International Thessaloniki Film Festival premiered and ran on 22 December 2004 in the French cinema, where he was seen by 1,405,007 visitors. In Germany the film was released on 25 August 2005 in the cinemas and released on 17 March 2006 on DVD.

Synchronization

Criticism

For the filmdienst Two very different sisters was a " great movie played with partly polished dialogues whose director takes no position, but places greater emphasis on a smooth production". The film remains, however, " in a strange limbo " because of the dreary everyday Martines will indeed analyzed, however, follow no consequences. " [ T] he desire, with Isabelle Huppert and Catherine Frot the balls around the ears cut - that's more exciting than many a Wimbledon final ," was cinema.