Brother (1997 film)

Brother
Браᴛ
Brother; Браᴛ
	Russian theatrical release poster
Directed by	Aleksei Balabanov
Written by	Aleksei Balabanov
Produced by	Sergei Selyanov
Starring	Sergei Bodrov, Jr.; Viktor Sukhorukov; Yury Kuznetsov
Music by	Vyacheslav Butusov
Production; company	CTB Film Company
Distributed by	Kino International Corp.
Release date	17 May 1997 (Cannes);
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian
Budget	$10,000
Box office	$1.4 million

Brother (Russian: Брат, translit. Brat) is a 1997 Russian neo-noir crime drama film written and directed by Aleksei Balabanov. The film stars Sergei Bodrov Jr. as Danila Bagrov, a young ex-conscript who becomes embroiled with the Saint Petersburg mob through his criminal older brother. It appeared in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

After its release on VHS in June 1997, Brother unexpectedly became one of the most commercially successful Russian films of the 1990s and quickly rose to cult film status throughout Russia. Due to the film's popularity and fan demand, a sequel, Brother 2, was released in 2000.

^ Lang, Robert (2022-11-07). "Movies With Lowest Budgets To Earn $1 Million, From 'Clerks' And 'The Blair Witch Project' To 'Eraserhead' & More – Photo Gallery". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
^ "Festival de Cannes: Traveling Companion". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-09-26.

[1] Lang, Robert (2022-11-07). "Movies With Lowest Budgets To Earn $1 Million, From 'Clerks' And 'The Blair Witch Project' To 'Eraserhead' & More – Photo Gallery". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-05-23.

[2] "Festival de Cannes: Traveling Companion". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-09-26.

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