"Two Sisters": Mike Leigh scrutinizes and sculpts the soul of an angry, raw soul, played by the stunning Marianne Jean-Baptiste

WHAT WE LEIGH About every new Mike Leigh resonates with his previous ones, as if a good part of his filmography was the mapping of the same England. In Two Sisters, it is only by the presence of fabulous Marianne Jean-Baptiste, that he finds almost thirty years after the success of Secret and Lies (Palm [...]

Critics discuss "Two Sisters", Mike Leigh's new film, which plunges into the daily life of an angry, antipathetic woman who only the sister tries to listen to.

The Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste, magistrale) is a suffering soul, allergic to everything, and mainly to the living. Her sister Chantelle (Michele Austin), hairdresser in all respects her opposite, lives happy although alone with two happy daughters. Families will meet for a Mother's Day where impossible conciliations will be attempted. [...] The rest is reserved for subscribers.

The English director signs a wonderful character study with an extraordinary actress, Marianne Jean-Baptiste.

Nearly thirty years after Secrets and Lies, the Britishman Mike Leigh finds actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste for a new dive into human complexity, with his film Two Sisters.

The British filmmaker signs the striking and moving portrait of a sharp skin, trapped by his solitude and by the wounds of the past He is 82 years old, a white beard of a deboning grandfather,