Brothers (2004 film)

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name = Brothers


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director = Susanne Bier
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writer = Susanne Bier
Anders Thomas Jensen
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starring = Ulrich Thomsen
Connie Nielsen
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
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released = 2004
runtime = 117 min.
country = Denmark
language = Danish
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imdb_id = 0386342

"Brothers" (orig. "Brødre") is a 2004 Danish film directed by Susanne Bier, written by Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen. "Brothers" won the Audience Award (narrative) for the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. This film stars some of the biggest actors in Denmark at the moment. This is also Connie Nielsen's first Danish film, even though she was born and raised in Denmark. Nielsen won the 2005 Bodil Award for Best Leading Actress for her performance in this film (the Bodil is the Danish Academy Award).

ynopsis

Bier's film is a drama about a UN-soldier (Ulrich Thomsen) who is in a helicopter crash somewhere in Afghanistan and is believed to be dead. His wife (Connie Nielsen) and younger brother (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) both deeply mourn him, but eventually finds comfort in each others company, leading to the two of them falling in love. Months later the soldier reappears alive but deeply traumatized.

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*imdb title|id=0386342|title=Brothers