Directed by:
Clément VirgoScreenplay:
Clément VirgoCinematography:
Guy GodfreeComposer:
Todor KobakovCast:
Lamar Johnson, Aaron Pierre, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Kiana Madeira, Lovell Adams-Gray, Franco Lo Presti, Maurice Dean Wint, Dwain Murphy, Anthony Grant (more)Plots(1)
Elapsing across three timelines, from childhood to adolescence and onto young adulthood, the film explores the fluctuating relationship between two Jamaican-Canadian brothers, united by love but drawn apart by circumstances. Francis (Aaron Pierre), the older sibling, is a pillar of the local community. Everyone - from the little kids riding their bikes in the street to the workers at the corner shop - knows who he is and is charmed by his helpful, easygoing demeanour. Michael (Lamar Johnson), by contrast, tries his hardest to be invisible, putting on his headphones and blocking out the world around him. The pair are sometimes close, sometimes estranged, particularly after Francis drops out of high school to pursue a career in music, leaving Michael alone in their previously shared bunk beds. It is only when the brothers become witnesses in a shooting that the course of their lives changes forever. A resonant adaptation of David Chariandy’s 2017 novel - with shades of Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight - Brother ably wrestles with themes of memory, grief and regret. A film which never shirks the stultifying and deadly impact of racism, whilst nevertheless celebrating the joy and love that strengthen resistance. (Curzon Film World)
(more)Cast
Lamar Johnson
Canada
Best movies:
The Hate U Give (2018)
All the Bright Places (2020)
Full Out (2015)
Aaron Pierre
UK
Marsha Stephanie Blake
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
When They See Us (2019) (series)
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors (2013)
Kiana Madeira
Canada
Best movies:
Giant Little Ones (2018)
Fear Street Part 2: 1978 (2021)
Fear Street Part 3: 1666 (2021)
Lovell Adams-Gray
Best movies:
Power Book II: Ghost (2020) (series)
Len and Company (2015)
Franco Lo Presti
Best movies:
Well Suited for Christmas (2022) (TV movie)
Christmas Catch (2018) (TV movie)
Snowbound for Christmas (2019) (TV movie)
Maurice Dean Wint
UK
Best movies:
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Cube (1997)
The Kid Detective (2020)
Dwain Murphy
Dominica
Best movies:
Guns (2008) (TV movie)
Saving God (2008)
A Family Man (2016)
Taveeta Szymanowicz
Canada
Best movies:
Every Day (2018)
The Sweetheart (2018) (TV movie)
Hometown Holiday (2018) (TV movie)
Evan Buliung
Best movies:
Under the Banner of Heaven (2022) (series)
The Wolf and the Lion (2021)
Skating to New York (2013)
Delia Lisette Chambers
Best movies:
Spinning Gold (2023)
No Sleep 'Til Christmas (2018)
Moonfall (2022)