His brother
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | His brother |
| Original title | Son frère |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Patrice Chereau |
| script | Patrice Chéreau Anne-Louise Trividic |
| production | Pierre Chevalier |
| camera | Eric Gautier |
| cut | François Gédigier |
| occupation | |
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His brother (original title: Son frère ) is a French drama directed by Patrice Chéreau from 2003 . It is based on the novel of the same name by Philippe Besson .
action
In February, Thomas suddenly appears at the door of his younger brother Luc. Both siblings have had no contact with each other for a long time. Luc felt abandoned by Thomas when he urgently needed him - he had come out as homosexual to the family. Luc thought Thomas was an egoist. Now Thomas tells him that he suffers from a rare blood disease. He has been sick for two years and has been cared for by his girlfriend Claire. Now he has relapsed and has to go to the hospital the next day. Thomas asks Luc to go to the hospital with him. Here Thomas collapses after the blood sample and has to be reanimated. Luc is shocked.
Thomas has a disease in which the blood platelets are destroyed by his own organism. Smaller wounds do not heal quickly, so that the patient could bleed to death in an emergency. Doctors suspect that the spleen is the destructive force in Thomas' body. As his condition worsens, the spleen is surgically removed. However, it turns out that not only the spleen is the cause of the platelet destruction, but also probably the liver, which cannot be removed. The doctor tries to prepare Thomas for a life without platelets, a life without injuries, with extreme caution, but also with the possibility of suffering severe hemorrhage at any time . When Claire realizes that Thomas would rather have his brother Luc around him than her in his situation, she leaves him. Claire's suffering and his seemingly unemotional acceptance of his situation have also burdened Claire too much.
Thomas has had enough after weeks in the hospital and no prospect of a cure. He lets himself be released from the hospital and signs a declaration in which he releases the doctors from their responsibility. With his brother and mother, he drives to their house in Brittany . An old man tells them about the currents of the sea and how his nephew simply no longer appeared on the surface from diving a long time ago. Thomas explains to Luc where and how he wants to be buried. One day Thomas' bed is empty. The night before he got naked into the water and went into the sea until the waves swallowed him. The next morning Luc suspects that Thomas will not come back. He tells his mother and Claire that Thomas is still sleeping or taking a walk. In the evening he reports Thomas missing. The policeman said to another that the missing person might be the drowned man who was recovered with a head wound. Luc stays calm.
production
His brother had its premiere on February 11, 2003 at the Berlinale 2003 . It was first shown in France on May 15, 2003 at the Cannes International Film Festival . Arte showed the film on May 15, 2003; The film opened in German cinemas on November 6, 2003 and was released on DVD in 2004.
The plot is not told chronologically, but jumps back and forth between the months of a year: The order, which later changes without a time, is February - July - March - August. The film features Marianne Faithfull's 1995 song Sleep .
synchronization
The German dubbing was done by Neue Tonfilm München. Beate Klöckner wrote the script and directed the dialogue .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas | Bruno Todeschini | Jacques Breuer |
| Luc | Eric Caravaca | Pascal Breuer |
| mother | Antoinette Moya | Uschi Wolff |
| father | Fred Ulysse | Franz Rudnick |
| Claire | Nathalie Boutefeu | Irina Wanka |
| old man | Maurice Garrel | Werner Uschkurat |
criticism
The film service called his brother a "complex filmic study of the physical existence of humans and their frailty". Due to its "great intensity as well as its formal radicalism [...] the film spans a wide network of associations, where it is emphatically about the dignity of the human."
For Cinema , the film was “a tragedy that was played sensitively and convincingly, but at times too lengthy”, which, however, only insufficiently characterizes the characters and gives them little hope. “'His brother' looks for the changes that illness causes - physically and mentally. The film explores its subject unpretentiously and with indulgent objectivity, ”wrote Der Spiegel .
Awards
Patrice Chéreau was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 2003 Berlinale . Bruno Todeschini received the 2004 Prix Lumières for Best Actor . He was also nominated in 2004 for a César in the Best Actor category and in 2003 for the European Film Award for Best Actor .
Web links
- His brother in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ His brother. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See cinema.de
- ↑ Joachim Kronsbein: Sacrificial ritual in the sickroom . In: Der Spiegel , No. 45, 2003, p. 202.