Directed by Susanne Bier | Producer Sisse Graum Jorgensøn Co-producer Gillian Berrie
Brothers
Directed by Susanne Bier (Open Hearts)and written by Anders Thomas Jensen, BROTHERS was released in the UK 6th May 2005. For further information contact Trust Film Sales.
Michael (Ulrich Thomsen) has everything under control: a successful military career, a beautiful wife (Connie Nielsen) and two daughters. His younger brother Jannik (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) is a drifter, living on the edge of the law. When Michael is sent to Afghanistan on a UN mission the balance between the two brothers changes forever. Michael is missing in action – presumed dead – and Sarah is comforted by Jannik, who against all odds shows himself capable of taking responsibility for both himself and the family. It soon becomes clear that their feelings have developed beyond mutual sympathy. When Michael comes home, traumatized by being held prisoner in the mountains of Afghanistan, nothing is the same…
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