When We Were Sisters

When We Were Sisters

2024 · 101 min · Drama

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.

Directed by Lisa Brühlmann · Written by Lisa Brühlmann

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