Brothers (2004)

Original title

Brødre

Directed by

Susanne Bier

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Norway

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

15

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 114 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Danish soldier is presumed dead in Afghanistan and his brother steps in to help his wife and kids. When the soldier returns home changed, the family struggles with the aftermath of war and buried feelings.

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What happens

Brothers (Danish: Brødre) is a 2004 Danish psychological thriller war film directed by Susanne Bier and written by Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen. It stars Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Connie Nielsen and Ulrich Thomsen. The film was remade as an American production with the same title (2009), directed by Jim Sheridan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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