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Brothers

2022 · 43 min

A quiet, heavy documentary that sits with grief and anger, asking you to listen closely to people denied closure.

Directed by
Ugo Simon
Overview
Mahamadou, Diané and Farid each lost a brother due to French police interventions over the past ten years. Since then, they have lived with the pain, the impossibility of mourning and the determination to obtain justice.

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Directed by
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • justice
  • family
  • race
  • power
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour0
Realism10
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

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Details

Directed by
Ugo Simon
Cinematography
Pauline Pénichout
Runtime
43 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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