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A Brother...(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-11-26
47%
7 Votes
Time: 1h 31m
Overview:
Loic and Sophie are siblings living with their mother in a block of flats. The impetuous, promiscuous Loic is a talented photographer about to make it to the big time, but being pulled back by loyalty to his best friend and ex-lover, both junkies. Sophie, a schoolgirl on holidays, is quietly undergoing a sexual awakening, observing from a distance Loic's milieu; she begins an affair with his business partner to Loic's quasi-incestuous disapproval. Loic is spotted by a prominent editor, but becomes increasingly unhinged, by his friend's violent struggles with dealers, by his lover's demands, by Sophie's 'betrayal', by his own 'demons'. Tragedy inevitably strikes.
Languages: French.
Countries:
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Persona Films
Movie: A Brother...
Top 10 Billed Cast
Emma de Caunes
Sophie / Sister
Jeannick Gravelines
Loic / Brother
Nils Tavernier
Vincent
Ann-Gisel Glass
Cristelle
Cyrille Hertel
Le type costaud 1
Anthony Souter
Le Moustachu
Karole Rocher
Virginie / Loic's ex-girlfriend
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Loic and Sophie are siblings living with their mother in a block of flats. The impetuous, promiscuous Loic is a talented photographer about to make it to the big time, but being pulled back by loyalty to his best friend and ex-lover, both junkies. Sophie, a schoolgirl on holidays, is quietly undergoing a sexual awakening, observing from a distance Loic's milieu; she begins an affair with his business partner to Loic's quasi-incestuous disapproval. Loic is spotted by a prominent editor, but becomes increasingly unhinged, by his friend's violent struggles with dealers, by his lover's demands, by Sophie's 'betrayal', by his own 'demons'. Tragedy inevitably strikes.
Release Date
1997-11-26
Average
4.7
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