My brother Cain
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | My brother Cain |
| Original title | Raising Cain |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1992 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Brian De Palma |
| script | Brian De Palma |
| production | Gale Anne Hurd |
| music | Pino Donaggio |
| camera | Stephen H. Burum |
| cut |
Robert Dalva Paul Hirsch Bonnie Koehler |
| occupation | |
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My Brother Cain (original title: Raising Cain ) is an American thriller from 1991. Directed by Brian De Palma , who also wrote the screenplay. The leading role of a man suffering from dissociative identity disorder was played by John Lithgow .
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The psychologist Carter Nix, son of a psychologist, was the subject of controversial psychological experiments as a child. He is married to a doctor and has a two-year-old daughter named Amy whom he cares a lot about.
Carter's wife, Jenny, begins an affair with her ex-boyfriend, Jack Dante, which Carter does not hide. With Carter Nix, his multiple personality comes to the fore. His identities include the little boy Josh, the unscrupulous Kain and the childcare worker Margo. Carter Nix kills young mothers in order to take their babies to his father, called Bomsie, for further psychological experiments. He leaves evidence that suggests Jack Dante is the killer.
In revenge for the affair, Carter tries to kill Jenny by sinking her car in a lake. She survives, returns to her house and asks about her daughter Amy. Carter says Amy is with his father, to which Jenny replies that his father is dead.
Carter Nix is arrested and taken by Dr. Interviewed Lynn Waldheim, who already knew his father and together with him wrote the book Raising Cain about a boy with a multiple personality. Carter's personalities emerged during the interrogation. It turns out that his father was only faking his death to avoid legal responsibility for his experiments. So far he has been hiding in Norway and with the help of his son Carter is again collecting small children in a hotel for his planned psychological experiments. Amy is also hidden here and brought back to her mother after a rescue operation.
In the end, Amy and Jenny are in a park. Amy says she see her father. Jenny searches the area and picks up Amy without realizing that Carter appears behind her in the form of Margo.
Reviews
Hal Hinson wrote in the Washington Post that director Brian De Palma was addressing his personal problems in this film: his obsession with Hitchcock and twins and the loss of innocence. However, he treats these problems "impersonally", which is why my brother Cain feels like an "infusion" despite the "skillful" design.
The lexicon of international films wrote that the director was creating a "ghost train ride" that "should make you forget the bad taste of the story". The "cheap marketing" of a serious psychological phenomenon has been criticized; "Numerous intelligent formal details" such as the "brilliant storytelling technique" and the "imaginative camera work" were praised.
Awards
John Lithgow and Frances Sternhagen were nominated for the Saturn Award in 1993.
backgrounds
The film was shot in San Francisco , Palo Alto, and the rest of California . Its production amounted to an estimated 11 million US dollars . The film grossed approximately $ 21.4 million in US cinemas.
As a special feature, a replica of Annabelle (doll) can be seen in the film from 10:43 , which is probably to be seen as a symbol for the impending disaster.
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- ^ Review by Hal Hinson
- ↑ My brother Cain. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
Web links
- Raising Cain in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Raising Cain at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- My brother Cain in the German dubbing file