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Mood:
- GloomyTenseEmotionalTouching
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Plot:
- Siblings RelationsMind and SoulFamily ProblemsFamily RelationsSoldierPsychologicalParents and ChildrenFamily Life more...
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Genres:
- DramaForeignMelodrama
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- DenmarkEurope
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically Acclaimed
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Flag:
- ProfanityViolent Content
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Brothers, 2004
Danish
Denmark
Profile of Brothers
The mood of Brothers is tense, gloomy, and emotional. The plot centers around sibling relations, family problems, and family relations. It is a drama and foreign movie. Stylistically, Brothers is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. Brothers is set in Denmark. It happens in contemporary times. The movie is known for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. Note that Brothers includes profanity and violent content.
Summary of Brothers
Connie Nielsen, who has played pivotal roles in such English-language films as GLADIATOR, THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, and RUSHMORE, is the powerful and emotional heart of BROTHERS, a moving Danish film set in her home country. Directed by Susanne Bier (who made the Dogme 95 film OPEN HEARTS), BROTHERS tells the story of two very different brothers: Jannik (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) is a drunken loser who has just been released from prison for bank robbery and assault, while Michael (Ulrich Thomsen) is a well-respected army major and family man, with a wife, Sarah (Nielsen), and two kids. But when Michael goes off on a mission to Afghanistan to rescue a captured radar man, his helicopter is shot down and he is assumed to have been killed in action. The news devastates Sarah and her in-laws, while Jannik becomes more reckless before stepping in to help her and the kids build a new life. But as Jannik and Sarah grow close, it is discovered that Michael has survived--and has done something that haunts him and threatens everything and everyone. Bier's film is filled with tender moments as well as bitter, frightening, fast-paced scenes that are hard to forget. Nielsen is a standout as Sarah, who tries to balance love and loss and then love again with a man she's not sure she knows anymore.
Details
| Language: | Danish |
| Country: | Denmark |
| Release date: | January 2005 |
| Runtime: | 117 min |
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Critics Reviews
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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- by: Rick Groen
Newsweek
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- by: David Ansen
Users Reviews
- 30.June.2010
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- by: Rodney Wollam
- Rodney Wollam rated this movie
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