Brother

Original title: Brat

1997
1h 39m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

25K

YOUR RATING

An ex-soldier with a personal honor code enters the family crime business in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Action Crime Drama Thriller

An ex-soldier with a personal honor code enters the family crime business in St. Petersburg, Russia.An ex-soldier with a personal honor code enters the family crime business in St. Petersburg, Russia.An ex-soldier with a personal honor code enters the family crime business in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

25K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 8 wins & 5 nominations

Trivia
Knitted sweater, which was worn by Danila Bagrov, was bought by artist Nadezhda Vasilyeva at the flea market for 35-40 rubles (5$).

Goofs
When Kruglij talks to Sveta for the first time, the camera is reflected in the windscreen of the tram that Sveta is driving.

Quotes
Danila: [two Chechens in tram refuse to pay the fare and act arrogantly. Danila takes out his revolver, walks up to the Chechens and points the barrel at them] Pay the fine.
Chechen in tram car: Brother... Don't kill me, brother... Take the money. Take everything. Listen, don't kill me, brother. Here.
[gives his wallet to Danila]
Danila: You're not my brother, black-assed scum.

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Movies from Russia and the Soviet Union (2015)

Soundtracks
Lyudi na kholme
Music by Vyacheslav Butusov
Lyrics by Ilya Kormiltsev
Performed by Nautilus Pompilius (uncredited)
Exclusive rights - DANA Music Limited, Ireland
Played when:
1) Danila gets off the train and walks around St. Petersburg
2) a director helps Danila bury two bodies

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Featured review

8/10

a piece of Russia

If you were in S.Petersburgh in the early nineties, you feel this movie has been able to grab a cubic meter of air of the city at that time, pack it, and give it to its viewers to breathe. The effect is physical. I can feel the smell of the wet dusty roads, the moulded no man's land of stairways in post soviet blocks of flats and much more. Apart from this high accuracy in physical sensation, the movie is multi-layered (you can watch in it a "boevik" action movie, a social analysis of the period, even a Dostoevki-like study on the value of brotherhood and after all, a unique picture of what Russia is, was, and will be. Those who can enjoy it in original will find some tasty bits of Russian irony and humor.