BROTHERS aka BRØDRE

Year: 2004
USA: IFC Films
UK: Soda Pictures
Cast: Connie Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Bent Mejding, Solbjorg Hojfeldt, Sarah Juel Werner, Rebecca Logstrup, Lar Hjortshoj, Lars Ranthe, Niels Olsen, Paw Henriksen
Director: Susanne Bier
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish (English subtitles)
USA & UK: 110 mins
USA Rated: R for violence, language and brief nudity
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language and violence
USA Release Date: 13 May 2005 (Limited Release - Los Angeles)
USA Release Date: 6 May 2005 (Limited Release - New York)
UK Release Date: 6 May 2005

US Distributor
UK Distributor

Synopsis

Michael (Ulrich Thomsen, FESTEN; INHERITANCE) has everything under control; a successful military career, a beautiful wife (Connie Nielsen) and two daughters. His younger brother Jannik (Nicolaj Lie Kaas, THE IDIOTS; RECONSTRUCTION) is a drifter, living on the edge.

When Michael is sent to Afghanistan on a UN mission it is not long before events take a dramatic turn and Michael is missing in action - presumed dead. Sarah is comforted by Jannik who against all the odds takes responsibility for himself and his brother's family. It soon becomes clear that Jannik and Sarah's feelings have developed beyond mutual sympathy but the fragility of their emotions is constantly under threat as the balance between the two brothers changes forever.