WHEN WE WERE SISTERS

By Lisa BRÜHLMANN

FILMIKI PRODUCTIONS - as PROD

Family - Completed 2024

15-year-old Valeska goes on holiday to Crete with her mother Monica. Joining them are Monica’s new boyfriend Jaques and his daughter Lena, with whom Valeska initially has nothing in common. However, as the two girls start to bond, tensions rise among the adults.

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Zurich FF 2024
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ALICE 2024
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    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Family, Female director, Drama
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND, GREECE
    • Languages
    • SWISS-GERMAN
    • Budget
    • 3 - 5 M$
    • Director(s)
    • Lisa BRÜHLMANN
    • Writer(s)
    • Lisa BRÜHLMANN
    • Producer(s)
    • Lukas HOBI (ZODIAC PICTURES LTD.), Reto SCHÄRLI (ZODIAC PICTURES LTD.)
    • Synopsis
    • 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.