Two Sisters

Directed by Caroline Leaf

Canada, 1991 (animation, 10 minutes, colour, English)

Also known as "Entre deux soeurs"

Image: © National Film Board of Canada

Video (National Film Board of Canada)
Video (National Film Board of Canada) [French]

Film Description:
"Viola writes novels in a darkened room. Marie, her sister and only companion, takes care of her every need. Together, they are an island unto themselves, quiet and complete in their isolation. And then the abrupt arrival of a stranger throws their tenuous order into chaos. An animated short etched directly onto tinted 70 mm film."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by:	Caroline Leaf
Produced by:	Robert Forget, Yves Leduc, Dagmar Teufel, Jacques Vallée
Principal Cast:	Kathleen Fee, Jane Woods, Michael Rudder (English version), Louisette Dussault, Hélène Loiselle, Denis Bouchard (version française)
Animation:	Caroline Leaf
Film Editing:	Camille Laperrière
Music:	Judith Gruber-Stitzer
Production Company:	National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada

(sources)

Quote about Two Sisters

"[Caroline] Leaf made Two Sisters by etching each individual frame, without the use of a camera. Like her other award-winning films—made by pushing around sand or oil paint on underlit glass—nothing remains at the end except the film strip. No cells, models or drawings; none of the usual paraphernalia of the animation artist. The style is minimalist, yet with a few etched lines suggesting fingers at a typewriter, Leaf is able to conjure a writer's project in the space of seconds. Within eleven minutes, Two Sisters conveys more emotional depth than many full-length feature films."
-- Jill McGreal (source)

Bibliography for Two Sisters

Book Chapters

Laurence, Amy. "Two Sisters." In Women and Experimental Filmmaking, edited by Jean Petrolle and Virginia Wright Wexman, 195-201. Urbana: University of Illinois, 2005.

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

McGreal, Jill. "Reviews: Two Sisters directed by Caroline Leaf." Review of Two Sisters. Sight & Sound, May 1, 1992.

Documentaries

Caroline Leaf and Her Two Sisters. Directed by Donald McWilliams and Isabelle Turcotte. ASIFA-Canada/Association internationale du film d'animation, 1994.

Web Sites about Two Sisters

National Film Board of Canada. "NFB -- Two Sisters." National Film Board of Canada. http://nfb.ca/trouverunfilm/fichefilm.php?id=26014&v=h&lg=en&exp=.
Office national du film du Canada. "ONF -- Entre deux soeurs." Office national du film du Canada. http://nfb.ca/trouverunfilm/fichefilm.php?id=5078&v=h&lg=fr&exp=. [in French]