HIS BROTHER
synopsis
Thomas, who has already been hospitalized once for treatment of a blood disease, has suffered a relapse. He decides to get in touch with his younger brother, Luc, whom he hasn’t seen in years. As Thomas’s illness gradually takes it toll, the two brothers overcome their estrangement, grow closer, admit their love for each other. Together, they face the ordeal of hospitalization and pain, until the day Thomas gives up the fight. They take one last trip together to the family house by the sea.
international title: | His Brother |
original title: | Son frère |
country: | France |
sales agent: | Pyramide International |
year: | 2002 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Patrice Chéreau |
film run: | 95' |
release date: | IT 22/08/2003, FR 10/09/2003, ES 03/10/2003, DE 06/11/2003, PT 07/11/2003, CH 01/01/2004 |
screenplay: | Patrice Chéreau, Anne-Louise Trividic |
cast: | Bruno Todeschini, Eric Caravaca, Maurice Garrel |
cinematography by: | Eric Gautier |
film editing: | François Gédigier |
costumes designer: | Caroline de Vivaise |
production: | Azor Films |
distributor: | Pyramide Distribution, Mikado (IT), Peccadillo Pictures (UK), Vertigo Films (ES), Concorde (DE), Atalanta (PT), Look Now! (CH), |