The Other Sister
The Other Sister is a 1999 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall and stars Juliette Lewis, Giovanni Ribisi, Diane Keaton, Tom Skerritt and Sarah Paulson. It was filmed in Long Beach, Pasadena, and San Francisco, California. The film was written by Marshall, Bob Brunner and Malia Scotch Marmo (uncredited).
Plot
After receiving a well-earned certification from a sheltered boarding school, Carla Tate, an ambitious and mildly mentally disabled young woman, returns home to her overprotective and slightly snobby mother Elizabeth. Elizabeth seems to behave as if she is embarrassed about her youngest daughter's disability. During family discussions, Elizabeth adopts an uneasy attitude because her daughter was bullied as a child. Carla's father Radley is a dentist and recovering alcoholic. Carla's ambition is to seek more independence from her family by earning a diploma from a polytechnic school. When Carla meets another mentally disabled student, Daniel McMahon (nicknamed "Danny"), they become friends and soon fall in love together. Envying Danny's freedom, Carla convinces her parents she is capable of living on her own and moves into her own apartment. After a time, Carla and Danny become sexually active together.
More details
| author | Garry Marshall |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | San Francisco |
| director | Garry Marshall |
| editor | Bruce Green |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | 76 trombones apartment boarding school bully christmas party church country club detach developmental disability disabled first time ford mustang graduate laugh making love marching band mentally disabled older sister recovering alcoholic scream sexual intercourse shelter sheltered boarding school special education the music man wed young woman |
| musicBy | Rachel Portman |
| producer | Alexandra Rose Mario Iscovich |
| productionCompany | Mandeville Films Touchstone Pictures |
| publisher | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
| recordedAt | California Long Beach San Francisco |
| theme | romantic comedy |