Sister (L’Enfant d’en Haut) – 4

Perfectly well made movie, and Lea Seydoux was luscious, but I spent the whole film hoping, waiting for the little thief to get caught, and the last half-hour waiting for the film to end. I don’t know if we were supposed to feel sympathy for the poor 12-year-old Simon, “forced” to steal in order to eat, but my sympathies were with the skiers who came out of their lunch breaks to find their skis and goggles missing. With nothing to root for, I just wanted the whole thing to go away.