Her Name is Sabine
An intelligent, moving and beautiful portrait of Sabine, a 38-year-old autistic woman, filmed by her sister, the famous French actress Sandrine Bonnaire. Through personal footage filmed over a period of 25 years, it is revealed that Sabine's growth and many talents were crushed by improper diagnosis and an inadequate care structure. After a tragic five-year stay in a psychiatric hospital, Sabine finally finds a new lease on life in a home together with other young people living with similar mental and emotional illnesses. This very intimate film also sends an urgent message to a society that still does not know how to properly take care of its citizens with physical and psychological disabilities.
Cast
- Sabine Bonnaire
DVD Features
Bonus short: The Visitor, directed by Dan West
Discs: 1
- "Actress Sandrine Bonnaire makes her directorial debut with a powerful personal documentary about her younger sister Sabine."
- "The most beautiful film that Cannes has given us this year...it's cinema at its purest!"
- "[A] piercing, deeply personal look at autism."
Awards & Recognition
FIPRESCI Award
Cannes Film Festival (Directors' Fortnight)
Special Jury Prize
Festival Int'l Du Film Francophone de Namur
Audience Award
Festival Int'l Du Film Francophone de Namur
Chicago Int'l Film Festival
Pusan Int'l Film Festival
Rio de Janeiro Int'l Film Festival
Providence French Film Festival
HotDocs Film Festival
Sacramento French Film Festival
Sprout Film Festival