''Brotherhood'' (Danish: ''Broderskab'') is a 2009 Danish film written by Rasmus Birch and Nicolo Donato, directed by Donato and produced by Per Holst.

Plot

Lars (

Thure Lindhardt Thure Frank Lindhardt (; born 24 December 1974) is a Danish actor, educated at the drama school at Odense Theatre in 1998. Life and career Lindhardt was born in Copenhagen, and grew up in Roskilde. At the age of 12, he got a part in Bille Augu ...

) leaves the Danish army after anonymous accusations of having made passes at some of his men prevent his promotion to a higher rank. Disillusioned, and angry at his overbearing social democrat politician mother, he falls in with a

Neo-Nazi Neo-Nazism comprises the post–World War II militant, social, and political movements that seek to revive and reinstate Nazism, Nazi ideology. Neo-Nazis employ their ideology to promote hatred and Supremacism#Racial, racial supremacy (ofte ...

group and, after initial uncertainty, joins and is taken up as a promising new recruit. Lars then discovers the Nazis are homophobic as well as racist and practice

gay-bashing Gay bashing is an attack, abuse, or assault committed against a person who is perceived by the aggressor to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender A transgender (often abbreviated as trans) person is someone whose gender identity or ge ...

. He and his

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peer Jimmy (

David Dencik Karl David Sebastian Dencik (born 31 October 1974) is a Danish-Swedish actor. He has acted in both Swedish and Danish films, and has also had major roles in English-language films and series including ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' (2011), ''The G ...

) become comrades then friends, moving from hostility through grudging admiration to friendship and finally a secret love affair of tenderness and passion. Jimmy's emotionally unstable younger brother Patrick (Morten Holst), who is already jealous that newcomer Lars quickly advanced above him in the pecking order within the Nazi group, discovers their relationship. Tormented and angry, he informs on them to leader Michael (

Nicolas Bro Nicolas Bro (born 16 March 1972) is a Danish actor born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Background Bro grew up in a family of actors; his mother is Danish actress :da:Helle Hertz, Helle Hertz and father is the actor :da:Christoffer Bro, Christoffer Br ...

). The whole group seek out Lars, and force Jimmy at knifepoint to beat him viciously. But after the vicious attack Jimmy stays with Lars and takes him to the isolated Nazi

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they had been sharing. The two resolve to leave the Brotherhood and escape, but just as they are hastily packing the car to flee, a gay man whom Jimmy had beaten savagely in a Nazi group queer-bashing expedition, shown in the movie's opening scene, emerges from the dark and stabs him. The movie ends with Jimmy lying unconscious in a hospital bed, Lars holding his hand, their fates unclear.

Cast

as Lars *

as Jimmy *

as Michael, often called "Tykke" ("Fatty") * Morten Holst as Patrick * Anders Heinrichsen as Lasse

Awards

In 2009 ''Broderskab'' won the award for

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at the

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. ''Brotherhood'' won the 2012 "Berlin's Favourite Award" at the Favourites Film Festival in Berlin.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brotherhood 2009 films 2000s Danish-language films 2009 drama films Danish drama films Danish LGBT-related films LGBT-related drama films 2009 LGBT-related films Gay-related films Neo-Nazism in Denmark Films about neo-Nazis