Sisters July and September are thick as thieves, though very different. September is protective and distrustful of others, while July is open to and curious about the world. Their dynamic is a concern to their single mum, Sheela, who is unsure what to do with them. When September is suspended from their school, July is left to fend for herself and begins to assert her own independence —which does not go unnoticed by September. Tension among the three women builds when they take refuge in an old holiday home in Ireland, where July finds her bond with September shifting in ways she cannot entirely understand or control —and a series of surreal encounters test the family to their limit. Based on the novel “Sisters”, by Daisy Johnson.
Presented at the Cannes Film Festival.
September Says
2024
16 years
100 min.
Fiction
Ireland, Germany, United Kingdom
Ireland, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Greece, adolescence, family, international film festivals, female directors, siblings, parenthood, literary adaptation
Colorido
Ariane Labed
Ariane Labed
Balthazar Lab
Bettina Böhler
Mia Tharia, Rhakee Thakrar, Pascale Kann
Chelsea Morgan Hoffmann, Lara Hickey, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe
Sackville Film & TV Productions
Johnnie Burn
The Match Factory
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