- Syostry
Infobox_Film
name= Syostry (Sisters)
director=Sergei Bodrov Jr.
writer= Sergei Bodrov Jr.
producer =Sergei Selyanov
cinematography = Sergei Bodrov, JrGulshad Omarova Sergei Bodrov
starring=Oksana Akinshina Katya Gorina Roman Ageyev
producer=Sergei Selyanov
distributor =Intercinema Art
released= 2001
runtime= 83 Min.
language= Russian
imdb_id = 0284492"Syostry" (English: "Sisters") (Russian: Сестры) is a 2001 Russian
crime film directed bySergei Bodrov Jr. . It is notable as being his first and last film as director.Plot
Sveta (
Oksana Akinshina ) and Dina(Katya Gorina) are two half-sisters. Dina is spoiled and lives with her mother and father Alik (Roman Ageyev), who is a mid-ranking gangster, while Sveta lives with her grandmother in a more humble existence and wishes to be a sniper in the Russian army.Upon Alik's release from prison after doing some time for a robbery, some of his old associates demand him to pay them back some money he allegedly owes. When he refuses, they attempt to kidnap the two girls to try to intimidate him to give them the money. However they manage to escape, and go on the run from the mob through semi-rural Russia while their father attempts to sort affairs with the other gangsters.
Tagline
"When you are eight years old, the whole world is against you. When you are thirteen years old, it's you against the whole world."
Connections to the Brother films
Some believe that Syostry is the unofficial third entry in the "Brother" series of films. Besides the title and the gangster themes, all three feature Sergei Bodrov Jr. onscreen, who makes a cameo in this film as a possibly mob-connected new Russian. It is unclear if he is in fact Danila, the character from the two official Brother films.
External links
* [http://www.kinoeye.org/02/13/horton13_part3.php Kinoeye review]
* [http://sisters.film.ru/english.asp Official site]
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