“Brotherhood“ is a story about dangerous love and the search for identity. 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. “I tried to take love and put it in a case where love shouldn’t be or shouldn’t logically have happened. But really this movie is about love and nothing else. It could’ve happened to two girls, a man and a woman, two dogs, it doesn’t matter because love is strong, and that’s the whole point of this movie”, – said Nicolo Donato.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 30 min.
- Country, year
- Denmark, 2009
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Danish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Nicolo Donato
- Screenplay
- Rasmus Birch, Nicolo Donato
- Cinematography
- Laust Trier Mørk
- Music
- Jesper Mechlenburg, Simon Branting
- Cast
- Thure Lindhardt, David Dencik, Nicolas Bro, Morten Holst
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- Best Film, Golden Butterfly
- Jury prize for Best Actor.
Director
Nicolo Donato
Nicolo Donato born in 1974, Denmark of Italian descent. Trained at various schools, including Testrup Musik Højskole, two schools of photography, and the National Film School of Denmark, the latter included a master class with William Esper. Donato has worked on music videos, commercials, and has made several short films. His film “Togetherness” (2006) was screened at Cannes, and was nominated at Seoul International Film Festival for Best International Film. “Brotherhood“, Donato‘s feature film debut.
