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BRAT 2
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Russia
2000 / 35 mm / Color / 123 min.
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THE BROTHER 2 / LE FR�RE 2
Invited to participate in a television show, Danila Bagrov (the hero of the original BROTHER) meets his old army buddies from the war in Chechnya. One of them, Konstantin Gromov, tells Danila about his twin brother who is a professional hockey player in North America. It seems that the team's owner has conspired with his Russian partner to trick the young star into an oppressive contract, which will earn them lots of money at the expense of the young recruit. Several days after this conversation, Danila finds Konstantin dead. He decides to travel to Chicago to straighten things out and avenge his friend's murder.
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Script: Alexei Balabanov.
Phot.: Sergei Astakhov.
Ed.: Marina Lipartia.
Cast: Sergei Bodrov, Victor Sukhorukov, Sergei Makovetsky, Irina Saltykova, Kirill Pirogov, Alexander Diachenko, Darya Lesnikova, Ray Toler, Lisa Jeffrey.
Prod.: Sergei Selyanov, CTB Film Company, 10 Kamennoostrovsky Avenue, 19710 Saint-Petersbourg (Russie), t�l.: (78-12) 326 83 30, (78-12) 326 83 31, e-mail: [email protected].
Sales: Intercinema Art Agency, 15 Druzhinnikovkaya, 123242 Moscou (Russie), t�l.: (70-95) 255 90 52, fax: (70-95) 255 90 82, e-mail: [email protected].
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Alexei Balabanov
Born in Sverdlovsk, Russia in 1959, Alexei Balabanov earned his diploma from the Foreign Languages College in Gorky before becoming an assistant director at the Sverdlovsk Film Studio. Later he trained as a screenwriter and director in Moscow and directed two short films before moving to St. Petersburg where he co-founded the STW Film Company with Sergei Selianov. In 1992 he made his feature debut with HAPPY DAYS, which won awards at several international festivals. He has since directed: THE CASTLE (1994), BROTHER (one of the big critical and commercial successes of the Russian cinema in 1997) and OF FREAKS AND MEN (1998), all of which were shown at the Montreal World Film Festival. |
