Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
BERLINALE PREMIERE SCREENING of MY SKINNY SISTER by director Sanna Lenkenwith a striking debut starring performance from 11 year-old Rebecka Josephson, grand-daughter of Ingmar Bergman actor Erland Josephson.
My Skinny Sister (Sweden - Germany / Generation)
Just as Stella enters the exciting and awkward world of adolescence, she discovers that her idolized big sister Katja, a competitive figure skater, is hiding an eating disorder. As the secret unravels and the disease tears the family apart, Stella is torn between her love for her sister and loyalty to her family. Writer / Director Sanna Lenken, who struggled with anorexia as a teenager, has created a powerful autobiographical debut feature film, with striking debut feature performance from 11 year old Rebecka Josephson.
Writer / Director Sanna Lenken, who struggled with anorexia as a teenager, first explored the world of young people and eating disorders in her short film Eating Lunch (Berlin 2013), and MY SKINNY SISTER thoughtfully explores the subject again, with a breakout performance from the young protagonist, who captures the joy and complications of teenage life and its unexpected travails with supreme grace.
