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The Sisters Brothers
2018 121 min France, Spain, Belgium, Romania, United States of America R 16+
★7.4
Western, Drama, Comedy
Director: Jacques Audiard
🎭 Based on
«The Sisters Brothers»
byPatrick deWitt
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Description
Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his way to California.
Budget:
$38M
US Gross:
$3.14M
Worldwide:
$13.14M
Starring
John C. Reilly
Actor
Joaquin Phoenix
Actor
Jake Gyllenhaal
Actor
Awards
César Awards 2019
— Best Cinematography
César Awards 2019
— Best Director
Venice Film Festival 2018
— Silver Lion – Best Director
César Awards 2019
— Best Picture
César Awards 2019
— Best Adapted Screenplay
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2018
— Audience Award – Best Film
César Awards 2019
— Best Cinematography
César Awards 2019
— Best Director
Venice Film Festival 2018
— Silver Lion – Best Director
César Awards 2019
— Best Sound
Venice Film Festival 2018
— Golden Lion
César Awards 2019
— Best Production Design
Key opinion
The Sisters Brothers is a revisionist Western that favors character-driven introspection and dark humor over traditional genre spectacle. While many critics praise Jacques Audiard’s subversion of tropes and the emotional vulnerability of its leads, others find the meandering narrative pace and lack of conventional action unsatisfying.
| Direction | Jacques Audiard successfully subverts traditional Western tropes, transforming a typical mercenary story into an intimate exploration of vulnerability and trauma. | |
| Acting | The performances of John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix create a compelling, nuanced dynamic that balances dark humor with grounded emotional depth. | |
| Cinematography | Cinematographer Benoît Debie utilizes unconventional angles and selective focus to craft a distinct, atmospheric visual identity for the frontier. | |
| Pacing | The film's contemplative and dialogue-heavy approach divides audiences; supporters appreciate the character evolution, while detractors find it slow and lacking in urgency. | |
| Screenplay | Opinions on the narrative structure are split, with some finding the episodic, deconstructed approach rewarding and others viewing it as fragmented and unfocused. |