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Brothers [DVD] [Widescreen] [1900] [Multilingual] [Region 1]

1 disc
Region 1 USA/CA (info)

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.
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- Rating - violence, language and brief nudity
Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 28792
Credits

Connie Nielsen, Lene Maria Christensen, Andre Babikian, Laura Bro, Lars Hjortshoj, Ulrich Thomsen, Nicolaj Lie Kass
Critic Reviews

"Thomsen's quietly simmering performance is BROTHERS' best asset..."
Sight and Sound
"[A] gripping psychological drama....With a fine balance of compassion and hardheadedness."
New York Times
"BROTHERS has an exact sense of emotional truth and a respect for the intricacy of character."
Los Angeles Times
"[B]lessed with some of the most heartfelt performances you'll see in any film this year."
Uncut
"[E]xpressive storytelling, which accomplishes the rare feat of believably incorporating violence in another part of the world into an intimate study of shifting domestic relationships."
Entertainment Weekly