His Brother (film)
- Bruno Todeschini: Thomas
- Éric Caravaca: Luc
- Nathalie Boutefeu: Claire
- Maurice Garrel: old man
- Catherine Ferran: doctor
- Antoinette Moya: Mother
- Sylvain Jacques Vincent
- Fred Ulysse: Father
- Robinson Stévenin: Manuel
His brother is a French film drama directed by Patrice Chéreau from the year 2003. It is based on the novel by Philippe Besson.
Action
In February is a time Thomas at the door of his younger brother Luc. Both siblings have had for a long time no contact with each other. Luc felt let down from Thomas, as if he had desperately needed him - he had outed himself in front of the family as a homosexual. Luc held Thomas for an egoist. Now Thomas tells him that he suffers from a rare blood disease. He is sick for two years and has been cared for by his girlfriend Claire. Now he has suffered a relapse and need the next day to the hospital. Thomas asks Luc to go to the hospital with him. Here Thomas collapses after blood collection and requires resuscitation. Luc is shaken.
Thomas has a disease in which the platelets are destroyed by its own organism. Minor wounds heal so no more quickly, so that the patient could bleed to death in an emergency. The doctors suspect that the spleen is the destructive force in Thomas ' body. After his condition deteriorated more and more, the spleen is removed surgically. It shows, however, that not only the spleen is caused for the destruction of the platelets, but probably also the liver, but can not be removed. The doctor tried Thomas prepare for a life without platelets, a life without injuries, with extreme caution, but also the opportunity at any time to suffer a severe hemorrhage. When Claire realizes that Thomas his brother Luc in his position rather than around them, she leaves him. His suffering and his seemingly emotionless acceptance of his situation have very burdened to Claire.
Thomas has after weeks in the hospital and no prospect of cure enough. It can be released from the hospital and sign a declaration in which it releases the doctors of their duty. With his brother and his mother, he goes to the common house in Brittany. An old man tells them of the currents of the sea and how his nephew was simply no longer appeared on the surface long ago from diving. Thomas explains Luc, where he wants to be buried as. One day Thomas's bed empty. He is naked in front of rose in the night and into the water so long gone into the sea until the waves have swallowed him up. Luc suspects the next morning that Thomas will not come back. His mother and he tells Claire that Thomas was still asleep or take a walk under. In the evening he reports Thomas as missing. The cop says to another, that the missing may be the Drowned, which you 've recovered with a head wound. Luc remains in focus.
Production
His brother lived on 11 February 2003 at the Berlinale 2003 its premiere. In France, it was first shown on 15 May 2003 during the International Film Festival of Cannes. Arte showed the film on 15 May 2003 on television; in German cinemas, the film was launched on 6 November 2003 and was released in 2004 on DVD.
The story is not told chronologically, but jumps between the months of a year back and forth: the order that changes later untimed, of February - July - March to August. In the film, Marianne Faithfull's song Sleep is heard from the year 1995.
Synchronization
The German synchronous editing was done by the new sound film Munich. Book and dialogue director originate from Beate Klöckner.
Criticism
The filmdienst called his brother a "complex cinematic study of the physical existence of man and their frailty ." The film more exciting because of its " large [n ] and its intensity [r ] formal radicalism [ ... ] an association -wide network, wherein he emphatically is about the dignity of the human. "
For Cinema, the film was a " sympathetic and convincing played, but in parts to lengthy tragedy ", but inadequately characterize the characters and little hope of spreading. " His brother 'searches for the changes that causes a disease - both physically and mentally. Unpretentious and with lenient objectivity explored the film its theme, "wrote Der Spiegel.
Awards
Patrice Chéreau was honored at the 2003 Berlinale Silver Bear for Best Director. Bruno Todeschini was awarded the 2004 Prix Lumière for Best Actor. He was also a 2004 Best for a César in the category Actor and nominated in 2003 for the European Film Award for Best Actor.