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The film was directed by Nancy Meckler and written by Wendy Kesselman, based on her own play, My Sister in This House. [ 1] The film is based on a true incident in Le Mans, France, in 1933 called the Papin murder case, where two sisters brutally murdered their employer and her daughter.
"Sister My Sister" tells of two live-in sibling housemaids working for a stingy, authoritarian dowager and her homely adult daughter in 1930's France. A dark, trudging, and eerily claustrophobic psychodrama, the film's compelling story waxes in severity as unspoken pressures and silent circumstance tear a rift between maids and mistress.
A bourgeois woman's (Julie Walters) domineering behavior causes tension among her servants (Joely Richardson, Jodhi May) and her daughter in '30s France. Watch Sister My Sister with a...
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- Nancy Meckler
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- Julie Walters
43 ★★★★½ ratings (3%) 53 ★★★★★ ratings (4%) ★★★★★. Popular reviews. More. Sally Jane Black. It's how you tell the story. The true story is of a rich woman who beats her servants until they fight back. The true story casts doubt on the incestuous relationship.
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- British Screen Productions, Film4 Productions
- Nancy Meckler
Set in 1932, in a French provincial town, the drama concerns Madame Danzard (Julie Walters), a strict, authoritarian mother who domineers her clumsy daughter, Isabelle (Sophie Thursfield), to the...
Jun 23, 1995 · A true story of shocking violence catapults a picturesque little town into history. The close sibling relationship between the two maids takes on a new dimension as their overbearing employer discovers a sexual fever between the two sisters. We don't have any reviews for Sister My Sister. Yes!
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Sister My Sister is a 1994 film starring British actresses Julie Walters, Joely Richardson, and Jodhi May. The film is directed by Nancy Meckler and written by Wendy Kesselman, based on her own play, My Sister in This House.
