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Patrice Chereau

Son Frère

Director Patrice Chereau Cast Bruno Todeschini, Éric Caravaca, Nathalie Boutefeu
Edition 2003
89' - 2003 - Drama, Romance - Dialogue: French
An intimate and intense study of the relationship between two brothers, one of whom is dying, and how they cope with the physical disintegration and impending death. They have not been close in recent years, and so they have to deal with a number of unresolved issues. Thomas is dying. He has decided to wait for his death on the coast, at the house where he spent his childhood. His brother Luc, a homosexual, is with him. They have never been very close and now they try to catch up with these lost years. For the first time Thomas is showing some interest in Luc's private life and the two brothers end up spending their time together reviving their childhood memories. It is a film about the disintegration of a body and about faces. It is a film about silence and about enforced chatter. It examines the skin, its folds and its furrows, its fine hairs and beads of perspiration. It is also an exploration of bruises, reddened scars, suppuration. It is a still life - a Nature Morte.

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Credits

Directors

Patrice Chereau

Cast

Bruno Todeschini, Éric Caravaca, Nathalie Boutefeu

Scenario

Patrice Chereau, Anne-Louise Trividic

Director of Photography

Eric Gautier

Editors

François Gédigier

Producers

Joseph Strub

Non original music

Angelo Badalamenti

More info

Dialogue

French

Countries of production

France

Screenplay based on

verhaal van Philippe Besson

Year

2003