Clement Virgo's stirring drama Brother, which received its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, is a soulful meditation on wounded masculinity, fractured identity and the power of family.
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 You watch me.
00:07 Follow my every move.
00:09 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:12 Michael.
00:17 I'm Aisha.
00:19 I know your brother, Francis.
00:22 Everyone knows him.
00:22 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:26 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:29 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:33 Where are you going?
00:34 Just going to meet some friends.
00:37 I don't want you running the street with no hooligans.
00:38 You hear me, Francis?
00:40 Take your brother with you.
00:41 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:44 Hey, don't make anybody disrespect you.
00:46 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:48 [BELL RINGING]
00:49 [GUNSHOT]
00:50 [YELLING]
00:51 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:54 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:58 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:04 Michael, you still can't accept it.
01:05 It's been 10 years.
01:06 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:10 F-R-A-N-C-I-S. Francis.
01:17 Please help me reach him.
01:19 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:23 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:27 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:29 You're going to tell me where you're going.
01:30 Let go.
01:33 Don't matter how poor you are, you can always show the world
01:35 you're not a nobody.
01:36 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:40 You never know when your break's coming.
01:46 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:49 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:53 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:56 (whooshing)