The Good Sister, the debut feature from Sarah Miro Fischer, arrives in French cinemas on September 2, 2026. The film follows a young woman who must confront an accusation of rape leveled at her older brother, with whom she has always been incredibly close. Marie Bloching and Anton Weil embody this family pair suddenly forced to face a moral rupture.
Rose adores her brother Sam and shares a bond founded on a deep, intimate closeness. When a woman accuses the young man of rape, Rose is summoned to testify as part of the inquiry. She must confront what she knows about her brother with the accuser’s tale, unable to distance herself from a case that threatens to redefine her own family story.
The film thus eschews the conventional police procedural. Its narrative centers on the circle around the accused man and on the loyalty, doubt, and denial that the accusation lays bare. Rose’s testimony becomes a pivotal moment, testing not only her relationship with Sam but her ability to hear a truth that unsettles her certainties.
Marie Bloching and Anton Weil are joined by Proschat Madani, Laura Balzer and Jane Chirwa. Sarah Miro Fischer co-wrote the screenplay with Agnes Maagaard, opting to center the story on the brother-sister dynamic to explore the fallout of a sexual-violence accusation within a family circle that had believed it knew itself perfectly.
World-premiered in the Panorama section at the Berlinale 2025, The Good Sister is the director’s graduation feature from the German Film and Television Academy Berlin. The project had already scooped two industry prizes at the San Sebastián Festival while still in production.
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