Sisters (2001 film)

Sisters
Directed by	Sergei Bodrov, Jr.
Produced by	Sergei Selyanov
Written by	Sergei Bodrov, Jr. Sergei Bodrov Gulshat Omarova
Starring	Oksana Akinshina Katya Gorina Roman Ageyev
Cinematography	Sergei Bodrov, Jr. Gulshad Omarova Sergei Bodrov
Edited by	Natalya Kucherenko
Distributed by	Intercinema Art
Release date	May 10, 2001
Running time	83 min.
Country	Russia
Language	Russian

Sisters (Russian: Сёстры, translit. Syostry) is a 2001 Russian crime film directed by Sergei Bodrov, Jr. It is notable as being his first and last film as director due to his death while filming his second film the year after.

Sveta (Oksana Akinshina) and Dina (Katya Gorina) are two half-sisters. Dina is spoiled and lives with her mother Natalia (Tatiana Kolganova) and father Alik (Roman Ageyev), who is a mid-ranking gangster, while Sveta lives with her grandma (Tatyana Tkach) in a more humble existence and wishes to be a sniper in the Russian Army.

Upon Alik's release from prison after doing some time for a robbery, some of his old associates demand him to pay them back some money he allegedly owes. When he refuses, they attempt to kidnap the two girls to try to intimidate him to give them the money. However they manage to escape, and go on the run from the mob through semi-rural Russia while their father attempts to sort affairs with the other gangsters.

When you are eight years old, the whole world is against you. When you are thirteen years old, it's you against the whole world.

Some believe that Sisters is the unofficial third entry in the Brother film series. Besides the title and the gangster themes, all three feature Sergei Bodrov Jr. onscreen, who makes a cameo in this film as a possibly mob-connected New Russian. It is unclear if he is in fact Danila, the character from the two official Brother films.

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