Alice and Louis are estranged siblings who have been avoiding each other for over twenty years and are forced to reunite after a tragedy.
The story revolves around a brother and sister who are nearing their fifties - Alice is an actress, Louis was a teacher and a poet. They no longer speak to one another and have been avoiding each other for over twenty years, but the death of their parents will force them to cross paths.
Long-standing sibling rivalry: Louis and Alice Vuillard are the titular "brother and sister". The writer and the actress have been avoiding each other for 20 years and no longer exchange a word. They hate each other. Until they are torn from their everyday lives by a family tragedy: Her mother and father are involved in a serious road accident. Shocked, they rush home, where they can no longer avoid each other. Louis and Alice are confronted with the violence and pain of their shared past and begin to come to terms with it. Will they be able to repair the last 20 years together?—Arte