My Sister
2018 · 13m · Estados Unidos
Directed by Roberto H. Roquer
Genres: drama, fantasy, thriller
Jeny, an autistic girl with supernatural powers, lives with her older sister Carolina, who works in prostitution. When a dangerous client discovers Jeny's secret and begins abusing them, the sisters must protect each other.
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The premise wants to be transgressive—autistic girl, sex work, supernatural powers—but it plays it too safe, treating each element like a checkbox rather than actually letting them detonate against each other.
Roquer situates this in a lineage of intimate melodrama that knows its craft, balancing genre mechanics with character specificity, though the 13 minutes feel stretched between register shifts.
The real move here is how the film commits to the sisters' physical language over dialogue—one specific choice of how Carolina touches Jeny's shoulder when protecting her does more narrative work than the fantasy conceit itself.