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    Katia’s Sister

    Mijke de JONG 2008 Netherlands、Germany Fiction color 82min Dutch Digi Beta
    Having emigrated from Russia, her mother tries to build up a life in Amsterdam and is drawn into the world of prostitution. Slowly, oldest daughter Katia follows her mother’s foot steps. Our heroine, Katia’s Sister, adores her older beautiful sister Katia, but she is getting more and more lonely, having nobody to share her feelings with. Although her surroundings is harsh, she does not judge. She continues to see the world in an unconditional and loving manner.
    Despite her non-judgmental attitude, she becomes increasingly isolated, creating her own protective universe in which she sacrifices a lot, even her own name, referring to herself only as “Katia’s Sister.”
    Some people find her removed from reality. Her older sister Katia even thinks she’s stupid. But this is only a first impression, perhaps the result of her subconscious desire to remain a child. Or perhaps, her strange behavior is a defense against the inspiring life she leads, a cruel existence shared with her sister and mother.

    Director

    Mijke de JONG

    Mijke de JONG was born in 1959 in Rotterdam. Before studying at the Dutch Acadamy for Film and Television, she attended College for Social Work. In 1983 she graduated with a dramatized documentary B21 about the role of the media in the squatters’ movement. Her debut lm Squatter’s Delight is also situated in the squatters’ movement. Her interest in social issues is an important theme in her lms and her subtle directing of the actors characterizes her lms. True stories often form the basis of her lms. She often lets ctionalized documentary images be part of the story.

    Mijke de JONG

    1988 Squatter’s Delight 1993 Love Hurts
    1993 Still You
    1995 Stills

    1997 Broos
    2004 Blue Bird
    2007 Stages
    2008     老姊 Katia’s Sister

    Director/Mijke de JONG

    Producer/Hans de WOLF

    Screenplay/Jan EILANDER, Jolein LAARMAN

    Cinematographer/Ton PETERS

    Editor/Dorith VINKEN

    Sound/Joost ROSKAM

    Music/Mark van den OEVER

    Actor/Betty QIZMOLLI, Julia SEYKENS, Olga LOUZGINA,

    Rogier SCHIPPERS, Chico KENZARI,

    Tatiana SHARKOVA

    Production & Sales Company:

    Keyman Film

    P.O. Box 425, 3500 AK, Utrecht, The Netherlands Tel: 31 30 232 1384

    Fax: 31 30 232 1384 hans.de.wolf@keymanfillm.nl

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