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Four interviews done in the 1970s with women who survived the Holocaust.
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| RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzThe women are all compelling though never too-polished storytellers. Whether they succumb to the horror of what they're describing and start to cry or remain stoic throughout becomes part of the experience of hearing the tale. |
| The New York TimesBen KenigsbergTheir stories are as harrowing, complicated and rife with imponderables as any Lanzmann filmed. And together, collected in a form that is much less labyrinthine than “Shoah,” they represent an ideal introduction (and capstone) to Lanzmann’s project. |
| Slant MagazinePat BrownBy uniting these four interviews in particular, Claude Lanzmann emphasizes the impossibility of moral clarity in the unthinkable circumstances into which Germany’s invasion of Eastern Europe threw its Jewish population. |
| TheWrapDave WhiteThe approximately 270-minute running time becomes a hushed demand for the viewer to sit with historical cruelty and listen as its victims teach to the future, its effect a cumulative cry of warning for today. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThese four, like so many others, opened up to Claude Lanzmann, and the results speak eloquently for themselves. |
| Film Journal InternationalSimi HorwitzTheir most potent commentary is often their silence, their wordless responses to those questions that are unanswerable. Their restraint and dignity are an emotional sucker punch. |
| The A.V. ClubLawrence GarciaPerhaps Four Sisters is best considered a parting gesture from Lanzmann, ensuring that, in his body of work at least, these four “sisters” should endure as more than just a footnote. |