Switzerland / Oct 06, 2024 / 20. Zurich Film Festival
When We Were Sisters (2024)
Directed by Lisa Brühlmann
1h 41minruntime
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Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | When We Were Sisters |
| Original language | Deutsch (DE) |
| Spoken languages | Deutsch |
| Production countries | Greece, Switzerland |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Zodiac Pictures, Filmiki Productions, SRF, SRG SSR |
| Release date | 6 ottobre 2024 |
| Production | Lukas Hobi, Reto Schärli, Dimitris Logiadis, Nicholas Alavanos |
| Writer | Lisa Brühlmann |
| Casting | Corinna Glaus, Sofia Dimopoulou |
| Editing | Kaya Inan |
| Cinematography | Michael Saxer |
| Assistant directors | Lisa Brühlmann |
| Camera operators | Michael Saxer |
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| Additional photography | Michael Saxer |
| Production design | Peter Scherz |
| Art direction | Peter Scherz |
| Set decoration | Peter Scherz |
| Music | Balz Bachmann, Dina Brandão, Marco Teufen, Manu Gerber, Jacques Kieffer |
| Sound | Marco Teufen, Manu Gerber, Jacques Kieffer, Balz Bachmann, Dina Brandão |
| Costume design | Sara Giancane, Marina Aebi |
| Makeup | Sara Giancane, Marina Aebi |
| Hairstyling | Sara Giancane, Marina Aebi |
| Budget | 100.000 € |
Release dates
Premiere
France / Nov 05, 2025 / Festival Augenblick, Reichshoffen
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