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My Skinny Sister

1 hr. 35 min. | Drama | N/A

Just as Stella enters the exciting world of adolescence she discovers that her big sister and role model Katja is hiding an eating disorder. The disease slowly tears the family apart. A story about jealousy, love and betrayal told with warmth, depth and laughter.

Sanna Lenken

Sanna Lenken

Sanna Lenken was born in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1978. She graduated Film Directing with a Master’s Degree in Screenwriting at the Dramatiska institutet, the National Film School of Sweden 2009. She’s made several of prize winning short films and has directed Double Life a youth series in two seasons for Swedish Television. Her latest short film Eating Lunch premiered in competition at Gothenburg International Film Festival in 2013 followed by International Premiere at Berlinale Generation 14 plus competition and Tribeca. My Skinny Sister is her first feature film.
Languages
Swedish
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
Min lilla syster
Produced
2015: Sweden, Germany

Film information

Director
Sanna Lenken
Screenplay
Sanna Lenken
Cinematography
Moritz Schultheiss
Cast
Rebecka Josephson, Amy Deasismont, Henrik Norlén, Annika Hallin
More information
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