Aleksey BALABANOV
Алексей БАЛАБАНОВ
Alekseï BALABANOV
Russia, 2000, 125mn 
Colour, fiction
Brat_2
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Брат 2

 

 The Brother 2

 Le Frère 2

 
Directed by : Aleksey BALABANOV (Алексей БАЛАБАНОВ)
Writing credits : Aleksey BALABANOV (Алексей БАЛАБАНОВ)
 
Cast
Sergey BODROV (jr.) (Сергей БОДРОВ (мл.)) ...Danila Bagrov
Sergey MAKOVETSKY (Сергей МАКОВЕЦКИЙ) ...Belkine
Vladislav OPELIANTS (Владислав ОПЕЛЬЯНЦ) ...lui-même
Egor PAZENKO (Егор ПАЗЕНКО)
Kirill PIROGOV (Кирилл ПИРОГОВ) ...Ilia
Viktor SUKHORUKOV (Виктор СУХОРУКОВ) ...Viktor
Oleg VASILKOV (Олег ВАСИЛЬКОВ)
 
Cinematography : Sergey ASTAKHOV (Сергей АСТАХОВ)
Production design : Aleksandr GILYAREVSKY (Александр ГИЛЯРЕВСКИЙ), Nadezhda VASILYEVA (Надежда ВАСИЛЬЕВА)
Sound : Maksim BELOVOLOV (Максим БЕЛОВОЛОВ)
Produced by : Sergey SELIANOV (Сергей СЕЛЬЯНОВ)
Companies : CTB
Film revenue in Russia : 1.080000 million dollars
 
Sites : IMDb, Chapaev.media

Plot synopsis
The second film about the cult Russian hero of the last decade of XX century. Danila Bagrov meets his army buddy Konstantin Gromov in Moscow, with whom he fought in Chechnya. The friend tells Danila about his twin brother Dmitry, who is a professional hockey player in America. However, the team owner in cahoots with his Russian partner have swindled the young star into an oppressive contract, allowing them to rob him blind. Several days after this conversation Danila finds Konstantin dead. In order to straighten things out and avenge his friend, Danila goes to Chicago...
Source : www.ctb.ru
 

commentaries
Рогожкин и Балабанов [Rogojkine et Balabanov], Nikita KARTSEV, kinoart.ru, 2022
How Russian Cinema Dehumanized Ukrainians and Laid the Ground for Today's War Crimes, Illia GLADSHTEIN, ukraineworld.org, 2022
Two Decades of Post-Soviet Cinema : Taking Stock of Our Stocktaking, Seth GRAHAM, kinokultura.com, 2008
Le cinéma des années 1990-2000. Images dispersées, Françoise NAVAILH, Russie, peuples et civilisations, La découverte, 2005
Oh Brother! Aleksei Balabanov's Brat 2, Andrew HORTON, kinoeye.org, 2001
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Russian Film Festival For Another Russia, Paris (France), 2021
- International Film Festival Tarkovski, Ivanovo (Russia), 2020
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2013
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2011
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2010
- Festival of Central and Eastern Film , Wiesbaden (Germany), 2006
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2000
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2000

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