My Little Sister (2020 film)

My Little Sister (Schwesterlein) is a 2020 Swiss drama film written and directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival. It was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

Plot
A gifted playwright pushes her twin sibling, a famous stage actor, back into the limelight though he's suffering from cancer.

Cast

 * Nina Hoss as Lisa
 * Lars Eidinger as Sven
 * Marthe Keller as Kathy
 * Jens Albinus as Martin

Reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 94% based on 36 reviews, with an average rating of 7.1/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Led by first-rate performances from its stars, My Little Sister explores familial bonds and terminal illness with honesty and sensitivity". On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 75 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian called My Little Sister a "fierce and fraught family drama", while Wendy Ide of The Observer called the film a "terrific, prickly sibling drama".

Ty Burr of The Boston Globe called the film "a bracing trip", and "a work of daredevil nerve that serves as its own reward".

According to Anna Smith of Deadline Hollywood, the film is "moving without being mawkish".