Director: Susanne Bier. Country: Denmark. Year: 2004. Length: 110 min. Genre: Drama. Cast: Connie Nielsen (Sarah), Ulrich Thomsen (Michael), Nikolaj Lie Kaas
(Jannik), Bent Mejding (Henning) Solbjørg Hojfeldt (Else), Laura Bro (Ditte), Niels Olsen
(Allentoft), Sarah Juel Werner (Natalie), Rebecca Løgstrup Soltau (Camilla) Lars
Hjortshøj. Guion: Anders Thomas Jensen; basado a un argumento the Susanne Bier y
Anders Thomas Jensen. Música: Johan Söderqvist. Fotografía: Morten Søborg. Montaj:
Pernille Bech Christensen. Vestuario: Signe Sejlund.
La historia
Hermanos (Brothers) se presenta como una historia simple. Dos Hermanos, el mayor Michael (Ulrich Thomsen, el chef de Cocina atormentado por un terrible Secreto childhood in "Celebration"), a career military man, married with two children, responsible and mature, committed to his wife (Connie Nielsen, Danish actress who lives in Hollywwod) and its ideals and the younger brother Jannik (Nikolaj Lie Kaas quadriplegic boyfriend "I love you forever"), the black sheep of the family, a little immature, a little criminal, a bit irresponsible, definitely a little bit in all areas of your life. Jannik always assumed that someone other than him, he will take care of things while Michael
never doubt the responsibility and be where you have to be to help. In that spirit is embarking on a mission to Afghanistan to "pacify" the country. So far the characters conform to what everyone expected of them. But something goes wrong in the mission, a touch of destiny out of the box and Michael is presumed dead. This twist of fate will force them to face the worst of enemies: the other side of themselves.
The filmmaker Susanne Bier is one of the filmmakers outputs Dogma'95 Movement led by Lars Von Trier ("Dogville", "Breaking the Waves "...), and this film retains some of the constants Decalogue of that movement, but putting soundtrack and other details. But retains the same style of argument those films: the case hard, sometimes indulging too sordid details, sad and tragic, but interesting and much deeper into the darkness of the human soul.
In Brothers (Brødre, 2004), international conflicts that we all know through the press, suddenly burst into real life and bring about changes.
Susanne Bier: "I find it fascinating the way that the everyday world suddenly changes due to events more or less random, and how we react to such shocks. The representation of the Danish army in Afghanistan gives the film a political component, but it is mainly a history of love about the conditions needed for love in our contemporary lifestyle. The story is about the emotions associated with these events, because for me the film is to describe emotions and expressing feelings. I like getting under the skin of my characters, so both sides, serious and fun, are essential in my films. For me it was important that the brutality shown on Brothers contrasted with the tenderness, intimacy and human warmth. Both sides exist, and could not have described the one without the other would not have wanted to. My goal is to recognize the reality and find there's hope, because despite the brutality implicit in reality, the mood remains an undeniable part of life and is what allows us to remain human. "
Susanne Bier (1960) has directed the films "Freud leaves the house" (Freud flytter hjemmefra, 1990), "family problems" (Det bli'ri familien, 1993), "Not like before (Pensionat Oscar, 1995 ), "Credo" (Sekt, 1997) and "Love of My Life" (Den inthis Jan, 1999), which garnered numerous awards from the Danish Film Academy and film criticism. After beating all records in the Danish box office. The love of my life is one of the five most popular Danish films of all time. He later led "Once in life "(Haende på hjertet, 2000) and the acclaimed" Open Hearts (Elsker dig for evigt, 2002) which sold over half a million tickets and won no less than five film awards in Denmark, including best Danish film. After "Brothers", Susanne Bier has directed "After the Wedding" (2006), nominated for an Oscar for best foreign film "Things We Lost in the Fire" (2008). In addition to directing feature films, Susanne Bier also makes short films, music videos and commercials.
In short, interesting film, which avoids the excesses of the Dogma films in which the director did not want to charge the ink in the sordid and terrible. Natural and total reliance on the actors, both in the younger as the older. Issues such as guilt, redemption, fear of commitment and inability to get something you crave are exemplarily shown, although the film has a pace seemingly cold and somewhat distant.
Hermanos (Brothers) se presenta como una historia simple. Dos Hermanos, el mayor Michael (Ulrich Thomsen, el chef de Cocina atormentado por un terrible Secreto childhood in "Celebration"), a career military man, married with two children, responsible and mature, committed to his wife (Connie Nielsen, Danish actress who lives in Hollywwod) and its ideals and the younger brother Jannik (Nikolaj Lie Kaas quadriplegic boyfriend "I love you forever"), the black sheep of the family, a little immature, a little criminal, a bit irresponsible, definitely a little bit in all areas of your life. Jannik always assumed that someone other than him, he will take care of things while Michael
never doubt the responsibility and be where you have to be to help. In that spirit is embarking on a mission to Afghanistan to "pacify" the country. So far the characters conform to what everyone expected of them. But something goes wrong in the mission, a touch of destiny out of the box and Michael is presumed dead. This twist of fate will force them to face the worst of enemies: the other side of themselves.
The filmmaker Susanne Bier is one of the filmmakers outputs Dogma'95 Movement led by Lars Von Trier ("Dogville", "Breaking the Waves "...), and this film retains some of the constants Decalogue of that movement, but putting soundtrack and other details. But retains the same style of argument those films: the case hard, sometimes indulging too sordid details, sad and tragic, but interesting and much deeper into the darkness of the human soul.
In Brothers (Brødre, 2004), international conflicts that we all know through the press, suddenly burst into real life and bring about changes.
Susanne Bier: "I find it fascinating the way that the everyday world suddenly changes due to events more or less random, and how we react to such shocks. The representation of the Danish army in Afghanistan gives the film a political component, but it is mainly a history of love about the conditions needed for love in our contemporary lifestyle. The story is about the emotions associated with these events, because for me the film is to describe emotions and expressing feelings. I like getting under the skin of my characters, so both sides, serious and fun, are essential in my films. For me it was important that the brutality shown on Brothers contrasted with the tenderness, intimacy and human warmth. Both sides exist, and could not have described the one without the other would not have wanted to. My goal is to recognize the reality and find there's hope, because despite the brutality implicit in reality, the mood remains an undeniable part of life and is what allows us to remain human. "
Susanne Bier (1960) has directed the films "Freud leaves the house" (Freud flytter hjemmefra, 1990), "family problems" (Det bli'ri familien, 1993), "Not like before (Pensionat Oscar, 1995 ), "Credo" (Sekt, 1997) and "Love of My Life" (Den inthis Jan, 1999), which garnered numerous awards from the Danish Film Academy and film criticism. After beating all records in the Danish box office. The love of my life is one of the five most popular Danish films of all time. He later led "Once in life "(Haende på hjertet, 2000) and the acclaimed" Open Hearts (Elsker dig for evigt, 2002) which sold over half a million tickets and won no less than five film awards in Denmark, including best Danish film. After "Brothers", Susanne Bier has directed "After the Wedding" (2006), nominated for an Oscar for best foreign film "Things We Lost in the Fire" (2008). In addition to directing feature films, Susanne Bier also makes short films, music videos and commercials.
In short, interesting film, which avoids the excesses of the Dogma films in which the director did not want to charge the ink in the sordid and terrible. Natural and total reliance on the actors, both in the younger as the older. Issues such as guilt, redemption, fear of commitment and inability to get something you crave are exemplarily shown, although the film has a pace seemingly cold and somewhat distant.
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