My Brother the Devil (2012)

Two teenage brothers must face their own prejudices head on if they are to survive the perils of being British Arabs growing up on the streets of gangland London.

Director:

Sally El Hosaini

Writer:

Sally El Hosaini

Stars:

James Floyd, Elarica Johnson, Fady Elsayed

9 wins & 16 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
James Floyd	...	Rashid
Fady Elsayed	...	Mo
Anthony Welsh	...	Izzi
Amira Ghazalla	...	Hanan
Nasser Memarzia	...	Abdul-Aziz
Aymen Hamdouchi	...	Repo
Arnold Oceng	...	Aj
Saïd Taghmaoui	...	Sayyid
Shyam Kelly	...	Devonte
McKell David	...	Demon's Boy (as McKell Celaschi-David)
Zachary Scipio	...	Demon's Younger 1
Ryan Townsend	...	Demon's Younger 2
Malachi Kirby	...	J-Boy
Kemi Martin	...	J-Boy's Girl
Mohammed Mansary	...	Faisal

Storyline

Mo is a young boy growing up in a traditional Egyptian household, but beyond the front door of the family's modest London flat is a completely different world - the streets of Hackney. The impressionable Mo idolizes his handsome older brother Rashid and wants to follow is his footsteps. However, Rashid, a charismatic and shrewd member of a local gang, wants a different life for his little brother and deals drugs hoping to put Mo through college. One eventful summer, Rashid's sexual awakening forces Mo to confront his own fears and phobias and threatens to tear the brothers apart.

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Plot Keywords:

gay couple | gay slur | brother brother relationship | arab | closeted homosexual | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 November 2012 (UK)

Also Known As:

A bátyám árnyékában

Filming Locations:

Repton Boxing Club, Cheshire Street, Bethnal Green, London, England, UK

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$10,305, 24 March 2013, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$10,305, 24 March 2013

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rooks Nest Entertainment,Wild Horses Film Company,Film-Clinic

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in 56th BFI London Film Festival (2012)

User Reviews

Growing up or down

You could cynically call this another "drug" movie that plays out, while using the backdrop of a family. A family that has more than a few issues obviously. But you wouldn't be fair to the movie if you did that. You might not be in the mood for the movie or you might have seen a similar formula being used before, but the movie is more than decent.

You got two brothers (title is a bit of a give away), one deep inside the "business", the other one seeming to be too naive to be able to comprehend any of it. Still you can see that there is a lot of seduction (money, women, "fame") and it's difficult to resist. Or is it? Obviously things happen and evolve. While there is no nudity, sexuality plays a role, in case you were wondering.