Brothers: The Final Confession

Brothers: the final confession (Ukrainian: Брати. Остання сповідь) is a 2013 Ukrainian drama film directed by Viktoria Trofimenko. The film based on Torgny Lindgren's novel Sweetness, which was published in 1995.[2]

Brothers: the final confession
International poster
Braty. Ostannya spovid
Directed byViktoria Trofimenko
Written byVictoria Trofimenko
Torgny Lindgren
Screenplay byViktoria Trofimenko
Based onSweetness
by Torgny Lindgren
Produced byMaxim Asadchiy
Thom Palmen
Igor Savychenko
Victoria Trofimenko
StarringNatalka Polovynka
Oleg Mosiychuk
Viktor Demertash
Edited byTania Khodakivska
Music bySvyastolav Lunyov
Production
company
Pronto Film
Distributed by86PROKAT
Release date
  • November 28, 2013 (2013-11-28) (Goa)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryUkraine
LanguageUkrainian
Box office$2 million[1]

The film was presented at more than twenty film festivals, including three "A" class film forums in Goa, Shanghai and Moscow.[3][4] On the last one it received the Film Crytics Prize and Best Actress Award for Natalka Polovynka.[5][6]

The world premiere took place on 28 November 2013 in the main competition at the International Film Festival of India in Goa. In Ukraine, the film was presented at the international film festival "Molodist" on 18 September 2014, and come out in wide release on 24 September 2015.

Plot

The film is a psychological drama developing on the highlands of the Carpathian Mountains. Two helpless old men, brothers, desperately trying to keep up competition with each other in order to prolong their lives. Even though their bodies are decaying and both are sick, the one still wants to outlive the other. But one day a woman enters their remote dwelling.

Cast
  • Mykola Bereza as Young Voytko
  • Viktor Demertash as Old Stanislav
  • Yuri Denysenkov as Saint Christopher
  • Roman Lutskiy as Young Stanislav
  • Oleg Mosijchuk as Old Voytko
  • Natalka Polovynka as Writer
  • Veronika Shostak as Yvha
  • Orest Yagish as Demiyon

References
  1. Nikolai Milinevsky (17 September 2015). "Russia and Ukraine gathered to send to the "Oscar" one film" (in Russian). «Vesti». Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  2. "'Brothers. The Final Confession' ('Brati. Ostannya spovid'): Hanoi Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  3. Andriy Bondarenko (17 September 2015). "Львівські актори у фільмі Брати. Остання сповідь: розповіді Наталі Половинки та Миколи Берези" (in Ukrainian). «Варіанти». Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  4. "Brati. Ostannya spovid". planetakino.ua (in Ukrainian). 9 November 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  5. "Award-winning actress from 'Brothers. The Final Confession' on the importance of 'faith' in art". Ukraine Today. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  6. Anton Filatov (11 September 2015). "Брати по крові: сповідь у Карпатах" (in Ukrainian). Dzerkalo Tyzhnia. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.


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