Director: Ursula Meier
Year Released: 2012
Rating: 3.0
A preteen thief (Kacey Mottet Klein) and his lazy, promiscuous 'sister' (Léa Seydoux) live near a ski resort for wealthy patrons in Switzerland where the 'sister' goes out and sleeps around while her 'brother' has to steal expensive skiing equipment and sell it off to provide for the two of them. Though logistically challenged - how the 'siblings' ended up where they are is vague, not to mention how they managed to survive so long or where the parents actually are (be it dead or alive) - and inherently depressing (it leaves them in the same situation at the very end that they were in the beginning - alone and miserable), Meier's command of the flow of her scenes is extraordinary (also evident in Home) as is her talent at working with young actors. Klein is stellar as the resilient young criminal, and Seydoux balances being both wounded and callous, though both characters need to re-evaluate their lives and Seydoux's character needs to act less like a misguided older sister and more like, well, the mother she actually is.
