Synopsis  (Country : Russia)

Brother

96 mins, 1997

Danila Bagrov returns to his native town after two years in the army. Life in the provinces does not suit him any more and he decides to move to St Petersburg where his elder brother has started to prosper. Danila finds his brother but the brother appears to have become a professional killer…

Credits:-
Directed by Alexei Balabanov

Cast:
Sergey Bodrov, Victor Sukhorov, Svetlana Pismitchenko

Awards for Best Actor at the Chicago and Best Cameraman at the Macedonia Film Festivals, Special Jury Prizes at the Cottbus and Turin Film Festivals

Alexei Balbanov studied languages in Gorky and film direction in Moscow. He made two documentaries and then moved to St Petersburg where he started his career as a feature film director. Some of his internationally acclaimed films are Happy Days (1991), The Castle (1994), Trofim (1995) and Of Freaks and Men (1998).