not covet your neighbor's wife
(Brode / Brothers) by Susanne Bier Denmark 2004
With Connie Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Nicolaj Lie Kaas, Bent Mejding, Sarah Juel Werner.
This time the Italian translation of the title of a foreign film (Danish, winner of the Audience Award at Sundance 2005 and appreciated the San Sebastian Film Festival in 2004) sounds better than the original.
just a shame that, while stimulating the curiosity of the public, end up betraying the meaning of the work.
not covet your neighbor's wife (In the original "Brødre", literally "Brothers") is the common history (not in the banal sense of "that unites") Michael - career military man, preferred by his father, beautiful wife, two daughters, a new house - and Jannik, the second good for nothing, a conviction on his back, no good purpose in the drawer.
Written by Anders Thomas Jensen, but direct and "conceived" by Susanne Bier, this strong and sometimes violent strikes for the skill with which the director has managed to mix up the atrocities of war to the delicacy and the subtle nuances of ' human spirit, including love relationships.
The first character to be presented with all the features of his role, Michael (Ulrich Thomsen), the brother of "good" commanded to participate in a mission in Afghanistan with the troops of the United Nations.
Jannik (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), the bad, is just out of prison.
between the two brothers in the house's bad blood and the atmosphere is calm all things considered even if the father of two often manifested their disappointment with the minor child.
A table at the dinner preceding the departure of Michael, we talk about the value of war and military discipline. Jannik, whose positions do not agree with those of family, is to discuss with Sarah (Connie Nielsen), beautiful wife and perfect brother.
Then the start and the tragedy: the helicopter they were traveling Michael rushes. The man is given up for dead.
We follow his funeral and the family's response, we find that Jannik is not a monster, and that the beautiful Sarah also has her weaknesses.
same time Michael, who survived but was taken prisoner, is subjected to extreme tests that will change forever.
the old balances are skipped, canceled the certainties.
Then the return of the hero and the new terms with a reality that is constantly changing, affected by feelings, behaviors and moods, fragile, of the protagonists.
are actually the characters of the two brothers to be put under the magnifying glass by a director who proves once again (after the experience of dogma Open Hearts), attentive and capable.
"I find it fascinating," said Bier, "telling how the newspaper can be abruptly interrupted by random events, sometimes brutal, and how we can relate to them and the changes they cause."
The plot itself is not particularly original (and we can not delve more into the details without revealing aspects that would remove the suspense vision), but the characters are so well characterized that we are able to participate in their intense suffering, and eventually, as happens increasingly often, is to give value to the final film.
Ben wrote and starred in, moved by subtraction.
Emotions naturally.
How had the opportunity to tell the director: "My goal is to investigate the reality and find hints of hope, affirming the possibility of life over death. Because no matter how difficult it may be, one can not ignore the aspects of light and joyful life: it is this ability that makes us human. "
The use of hand-held camera, often differently from abuse ingiustificato a cui si assiste in questi ultimi anni, accompagna e sostiene sia i momenti tragici che quelli più delicati.
La buona riuscita del film è dovuta anche all'interpretazione dei due affermati attori danesi Ulrich Thomsen e Nikolaj Lie Kaas, apprezzati anche come attori teatrali; accanto a loro, al suo primo film nella terra patria e nella lingua natia dopo le avventure hollywoodiane (la Lucilla de Il Gladiatore e il Capitano Osborne di Basic), un'affascinante Connie Nielsen, che deve abbandonare le pose statuarie per affrontare toni più drammatici.
Claudia Russo just a shame that, while stimulating the curiosity of the public, end up betraying the meaning of the work.
not covet your neighbor's wife (In the original "Brødre", literally "Brothers") is the common history (not in the banal sense of "that unites") Michael - career military man, preferred by his father, beautiful wife, two daughters, a new house - and Jannik, the second good for nothing, a conviction on his back, no good purpose in the drawer.
Written by Anders Thomas Jensen, but direct and "conceived" by Susanne Bier, this strong and sometimes violent strikes for the skill with which the director has managed to mix up the atrocities of war to the delicacy and the subtle nuances of ' human spirit, including love relationships.
The first character to be presented with all the features of his role, Michael (Ulrich Thomsen), the brother of "good" commanded to participate in a mission in Afghanistan with the troops of the United Nations.
Jannik (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), the bad, is just out of prison.
between the two brothers in the house's bad blood and the atmosphere is calm all things considered even if the father of two often manifested their disappointment with the minor child.
A table at the dinner preceding the departure of Michael, we talk about the value of war and military discipline. Jannik, whose positions do not agree with those of family, is to discuss with Sarah (Connie Nielsen), beautiful wife and perfect brother.
Then the start and the tragedy: the helicopter they were traveling Michael rushes. The man is given up for dead.
We follow his funeral and the family's response, we find that Jannik is not a monster, and that the beautiful Sarah also has her weaknesses.
same time Michael, who survived but was taken prisoner, is subjected to extreme tests that will change forever.
the old balances are skipped, canceled the certainties.
Then the return of the hero and the new terms with a reality that is constantly changing, affected by feelings, behaviors and moods, fragile, of the protagonists.
are actually the characters of the two brothers to be put under the magnifying glass by a director who proves once again (after the experience of dogma Open Hearts), attentive and capable.
"I find it fascinating," said Bier, "telling how the newspaper can be abruptly interrupted by random events, sometimes brutal, and how we can relate to them and the changes they cause."
The plot itself is not particularly original (and we can not delve more into the details without revealing aspects that would remove the suspense vision), but the characters are so well characterized that we are able to participate in their intense suffering, and eventually, as happens increasingly often, is to give value to the final film.
Ben wrote and starred in, moved by subtraction.
Emotions naturally.
How had the opportunity to tell the director: "My goal is to investigate the reality and find hints of hope, affirming the possibility of life over death. Because no matter how difficult it may be, one can not ignore the aspects of light and joyful life: it is this ability that makes us human. "
The use of hand-held camera, often differently from abuse ingiustificato a cui si assiste in questi ultimi anni, accompagna e sostiene sia i momenti tragici che quelli più delicati.
La buona riuscita del film è dovuta anche all'interpretazione dei due affermati attori danesi Ulrich Thomsen e Nikolaj Lie Kaas, apprezzati anche come attori teatrali; accanto a loro, al suo primo film nella terra patria e nella lingua natia dopo le avventure hollywoodiane (la Lucilla de Il Gladiatore e il Capitano Osborne di Basic), un'affascinante Connie Nielsen, che deve abbandonare le pose statuarie per affrontare toni più drammatici.
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