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Brotherhood (2009)

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Synopsis

Former Danish servicemen Lars and Jimmy meet while training in a neo-Nazi group. Despite their initial dislike for each other, they grudgingly form a friendship. The attraction between the two men soon becomes too strong to ignore, and though they feel torn between the ideology and emotions, they begin a secret relationship.

"If you compared the two main characters with the cowboys in Brokeback Mountain, they would be ignoble versions of Ennis del Mar (Jimmy) and Jack Twist (Lars). Like their American counterparts, they barely know what to do with their passion. The feelings they recognize with excruciating clarity are the fear and shame of discovery and certain punishment” says Stephen Holden of "The New York Times."

The price of betraying the group is high, but when Lars and Jimmy make their final decision, destiny deals them one last fateful hand.

3 Reasons To buy this film

Won "Best Film" - Rome Film Festival
A must see film about illicit love!
Brilliant performances!

Review

An important and unforgettable addition to the gay cinema cannon, Brotherhood has been garnering great acclaim - and some comparison to Brokeback Mountain - at film festivals around the globe. It recently won the Best Film Award at the Rome Film Festival.

Following disillusionment with his career, Lars decides to leave the army. He is drawn towards a radical right wing group and not least to his peer, Jimmy. The two men become embroiled in a secret love affair, but such forbidden love cannot go unpunished in fascist circles. However, despite all the rules forbidding it, the love and sexual attraction between the two men is so strong that they cannot abandon their affair.

Product Format Information

DVD : $24.99

Availability: Usually ships in
5-10 days
Close Caption: Yes
Region Code: 1
UPC: 887090024105

Studio : Olive Films

Languages: Danish Dolby Digital (Primary) , English Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen, 2.35

Keywords

Abuse, Action, Coming Out, Drama, Friendship, Gay Male, Gay/Lesbian, Homophobia/Negative Portrayal, International, Military/Soldier, Nazi

Genres

Action/Adventure, Drama, International

Customer Reviews

A Gay Neo-Nazi Drama

Amos Lassen wrote on 07/07/2010:

"BROTHERHOOD"

A Gay Neo-Nazi Drama

Amos Lassen

“BROTHERHOOD”, a gay neo-Nazi drama, has already won several awards.
When Lars (Thure Lindhardt) is cheated out of promotion to a sergeant, following rumors about his unbecoming behavior towards some of his men, he decides to leave the army. Back home, his overly proper suburban parents succeed in making him crazy in record time. They do everything in their power to sweep the embarrassing incident under the carpet.
By chance, Lars runs into a small radical group of neo-Nazis led by the charismatic Michael ‘Fatso’ (Nicolas Bro). Initially, Lars distances himself from their ideology and methods, but he is fueled by defiance against the system in general and his parents in particular and decides to join the group. Fatso immediately spots the potential in the intelligent and eloquent Lars, even though his right-hand man, Jimmy (David Dencik), does not agree. Lars rapidly advances through the ranks and is nominated as an "A" member, despite the fact that this promotion should really have gone to Jimmy’s younger brother, Patrick (Morten Holst).
Lars moves out of his parents’ house and into board chairman Ebbe’s remotely situated summer cottage, which Jimmy is in the process of renovating. Despite their initial dislike of each other, the attraction between the two men soon becomes too strong to ignore, and even though they feel torn between ideology and emotions, they begin a secret relationship.
Lars finally tires of all the ‘Sieg Heil’ greetings, false ideology and nightly attacks, and when he discovers the group’s views on gays are also about to reach boiling point, he tries to pull out. Jimmy now finds himself caught in a painful dilemma, for no matter what he does he will either end up betraying his younger brother, his ideology and his neo-Nazi ‘brethren’ – or his relationship with Lars.
The price of betraying the group is high, but when Lars and Jimmy make their final decision, destiny deals them one last fateful hand…
The film is so real that I found it frightening. It is starkly filmed and excellently acted as it deals with an issue that we never hear about.