The Sisters

Meet the Mikkola sisters: Ina, Evelyn, and Anastasia. Their mother sells Tunisian carpets; their father, a mysterious Swede, left them long ago. Ina is tall, disciplined, and obsessively organized. Evelyn is dreamy, magnetic, and effortlessly charming. Anastasia is moody, unpredictable, a shape-shifting force of chaos.

Ina’s life takes a fateful turn when her sisters drag her to a New Year’s rave—leading to love, betrayal, and heartbreak. Evelyn drifts before diving into a thrilling career in acting. Anastasia flees to Tunisia, where a transformative love affair with a woman reshapes her destiny.

Watching from the sidelines is Jonas, the son of a Swedish mother and a Tunisian father, whose life intersects with the sisters over three decades—from a chance meeting in Tunis to the site of a fighter jet crash in Stockholm. When Evelyn vanishes in New York, Jonas tracks her down and helps her confront a generational curse hanging over the Mikkolas. What he uncovers will upend everything they thought they knew about themselves.

Narrated in six intricately structured parts, each spanning a year, a day, or even a single minute, Jonas Hassen Khemiri’s The Sisters is a sprawling, vivid, and utterly captivating family saga—a masterful tour de force of love, identity, and the ties that bind.