“Het Zusje Van Katia” (“Katia’s Sister”)
A Dutch film set in Amsterdam focusing on a thirteen-year old girl who identifies herself primarily as the sister of her seventeen-year old charismatic sister, Katia.
A Dutch film set in Amsterdam focusing on a thirteen-year old girl who identifies herself primarily as the sister of her seventeen-year old charismatic sister, Katia.
Katia is following too closely the path modeled for her by her prostitute and alcoholic mother. Katia’s sister clearly idolizes her sister as she is forced to endure the constant bickering and struggles between Katia and her mother until her mother finally moves out of their apartment. Katia’s sister develops a friendship with an earnest street evangelist, John Turner who tries to teach Katia's sister certain lessons from the Bible but it is John's friendship that Katia's sister needs most.
After a downwards spiral that lands her in the hospital, Katia asks only for her sister. It is only in the final few moments that we realize that the caterpillar has become the butterfly as we first hear the name of Katia's sister, Lucia ("light").
Lucia has finally attained her own identity in this tale of a big-hearted girl marching towards adulthood.
