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Brotherhood of Tears

Original title: La confrérie des larmes
  • 2013
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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Brotherhood of Tears (2013)
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Thriller

Nuanced thriller. Renier is Gabriel Chevalier, an ex-cop whose personal life has taken a nosedive. He's a gambler, an alcoholic, a widower and single-parent to a rebellious teenage daughter.... Read allNuanced thriller. Renier is Gabriel Chevalier, an ex-cop whose personal life has taken a nosedive. He's a gambler, an alcoholic, a widower and single-parent to a rebellious teenage daughter. Unable to hold down regular work, he takes up the dubious offer of a job which involves s... Read allNuanced thriller. Renier is Gabriel Chevalier, an ex-cop whose personal life has taken a nosedive. He's a gambler, an alcoholic, a widower and single-parent to a rebellious teenage daughter. Unable to hold down regular work, he takes up the dubious offer of a job which involves sitting in an empty office waiting for the phone to ring. When it does, Chevalier is told t... Read all

  • Director
    • Jean-Baptiste Andrea
  • Writers
    • Jean-Baptiste Andrea
    • Gael Malry
  • Stars
    • Jérémie Renier
    • Audrey Fleurot
    • Mélusine Mayance
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    511
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    • Director
      • Jean-Baptiste Andrea
    • Writers
      • Jean-Baptiste Andrea
      • Gael Malry
    • Stars
      • Jérémie Renier
      • Audrey Fleurot
      • Mélusine Mayance
    • 6User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
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    Jérémie Renier
    Jérémie Renier
    • Gabriel Chevalier
    Audrey Fleurot
    Audrey Fleurot
    • Claire Foczensky
    Mélusine Mayance
    Mélusine Mayance
    • Juliette Chevalier
    Bouli Lanners
    Bouli Lanners
    • Le Hibou
    Antoine Basler
    • Matthias le Gitan
    Fabrice Michel
    • Le commissaire Brochard
    Denis Jousselin
    • Frédéric
    Bruno Ricci
    Bruno Ricci
    • Stéphane
    Affif Ben Badra
    Affif Ben Badra
    • Omar
    • (as Afif Ben Badra)
    Luc Feit
    Luc Feit
    • Lydman
    Marco Lorenzini
    • Reno
    Vicky Krieps
    Vicky Krieps
    • La femme rousse
    Thomas Morreal
    • Momo
    Francesca Faiella
    • L'hôtesse
    Olivier Bony
    • Le chauffeur à Bruges
    Philippe Van Kessel
    • L'homme aux verres
    Valérie Dashwood
    • La compagne de Marco
    Thomas Coumans
    • Le professeur à la piscine
    • Director
      • Jean-Baptiste Andrea
    • Writers
      • Jean-Baptiste Andrea
      • Gael Malry
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      This film was partly funded by the Luxembourg Film Fund. The father of actress Vicky Krieps, Bob Krieps, was the president of the Luxembourg Film Fund and worked for the country's Ministry of Culture [when this film was being produced], which supervises the Luxembourg Film Fund and decides which films will be funded with taxpayer's money. Several of Krieps' films were funded by the Luxembourg Film Fund, even when they weren't filmed in the country.

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    For once ,a good title ,and a screenplay which does not fall apart in the first reel,which is rare in French contemporary thrillers;besides,Jérémie Rénier is in it,and that was my main reason to watch it.

    The director has a good sense of mystery and he makes the best of the settings: A candlelit apartment,a public garden where our ex-cop meets a strange old man,an apparently quiet canal,a strange ceremony in China ,a meeting in the dark forest,an auction sale (probably a hint at Hitchcock),and this shop where all the clocks have stopped ...the director knows only one tempo:accelerated ,and his hero seems overtaken by events in the first half.

    Some flaws appear in the last third:the providential intervention of the superintendent (who,by chance ,is the hero's half brother) ,and the banal last pictures:after such a revelation (and the scene in the cellar is deeply moving in its horror),we expected more.

    For a short while,I feared these suitcases might lead the story into the dreadful "transporter" territory ,but it is not so :Rénier does not portray a superman,à la Statham,but an ex-cop whose only reason to live is his daughter ;his past is revealed late in the story .

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    • Release date
      • October 9, 2013 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Belgium
      • France
      • Luxembourg
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Traficante de lágrimas
    • Filming locations
      • Luxembourg, Luxembourg(Exterior)
    • Production companies
      • Full House
      • Red Lion Sarl
      • Saga City
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    • Budget
      • $7,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $248,280
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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