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Winter Brothers
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Danish	Vinterbrødre
Icelandic	Vetrarbræður
Directed by	Hlynur Pálmason
Written by	Hlynur Pálmason
Produced by	Per Damgaard Hansen Julie Waltersdorph Hansen
Starring	Elliott Crosset Hove Simon Sears Vic Carmen Sonne Lars Mikkelsen
Cinematography	Maria von Hausswolff
Edited by	Julius Krebs Damsbo
Music by	Toke Brorson Odin
Distributed by	Øst for Paradis
Release dates	3 August 2017 (2017-08-03) (Locarno) 30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) (Iceland) 7 December 2017 (2017-12-07) (Denmark)
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	Denmark Iceland
Languages	Danish English

Winter Brothers (Danish: Vinterbrødre) is a 2017 Danish-Icelandic drama film written and directed by Hlynur Pálmason, in his feature-length film debut. It stars Elliott Crosset Hove and Simon Sears as a pair of limestone worker brothers, whose disparate traits collide as issues of masculinity, isolation, and brotherly love are broached. The film won numerous awards, including two Bodil Awards and nine Robert Awards—each of which resulted in victories from their respective ceremonies' highest honor, Best Danish Film.

Cast

• Elliott Crosset Hove as Emil
• Simon Sears as Johan
• Vic Carmen Sonne as Anna
• Lars Mikkelsen as Carl
• Anders Hove as The Long-Haired Man (Neighbor)
• Michael Brostrup [da] as Michael
• Peter Plaugborg as Daniel
• Birgit Thøt Jensen as Helle
• Laurits Honoré Rønne as August
• Frédéric André as Nick

Release

Winter Brothers debuted in the Concorso Internazionale section at the 2017 Locarno Film Festival on 3 August 2017. It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It later premiered in the USA at the 47th annual New Directors/New Films Festival at Lincoln Center in Manhattan, NYC.

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 91% of 11 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.7/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 63 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

Film critic Jessica Kiang of Variety magazine called the film "an impressively original, auspiciously idiosyncratic debut, one that scratches away at truths about masculinity, lovelessness, and isolation, that are no less true for being all but inexpressible". Film critic Neil Young of The Hollywood Reporter called it "a confidently handled, promisingly edgy feature debut from Copenhagen-based, Icelandic writer-director Hlynur Pálmason".

Accolades

Winter Brothers won the 2018 Bodil Award for Best Danish Film and Best Cinematography (Maria von Hausswolff). Both Elliott Crosset Hove and Simon Sears received nominations for Best Lead Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively, for portraying the titular brothers.

At the 2018 Robert Awards, the film won the Robert Award for Best Danish Film, as well as eight other merit awards: Pàlmason for Best Director, Crosset Hove for Best Lead Actor, Vic Carmen Sonne for Best Supporting Actress, as well as the Roberts for Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Sound Design, Best Costume Design, and the Robert Award for Best Makeup. In addition, both Sears and Lars Mikkelsen earned Best Supporting Actor nominations. The film earned three further nominations in the categories of Best Screenplay, Best Editing, and Best Score.

References

1. ^ "Vinterbrødre [programme note]". Locarno Film Festival. 2017. Archived from the original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
2. Allan Hunter (3 August 2017). "'Winter Brothers': Locarno Review". ScreenDaily. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
3. ^ Warren, Bradley (3 April 2018). "Surreal Winter Brothers is a Memorable Arthouse Take on the Scandinavian North [ND/NF Review]". The Playlist. Retrieved 11 November 2024. …but Pálmason does interesting things with the familiar theme of masculinity…iconic Ken Russell classic Women in Love, there is a nude grappling scene between Emil and Johan in their run-down trailer.
4. ^ "2018 Bodil Awards". Bodil Awards. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
5. ^ https://assets.website-files.com/5d823e70d06ccc6d42a23575/5db0256e1c03a7100f9875e6_ROBERT-AWARD-WINNERS-DanishFilmAcademy.pdf
6. ^ Young, Neil (14 August 2017). "'Winter Brothers' ('Vinterbrodre'): Film Review – Locarno 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
7. ^ Kiang, Jessica (5 August 2017). "Film Review: 'Winter Brothers'". Variety. Penske Business Media. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
8. Pond, Steve (22 August 2017). "Toronto Film Festival Adds International Films, Talks With Angelina Jolie and Javier Bardem". TheWrap. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
9. "Winter Brothers". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
10. "Winter Brothers". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc.
11. Ellegaard, Christian (17 March 2018). "Kun 9.957 danskere har set den: Nu vinder 'Vinterbrødre' endnu en filmpris – Film og serier". DR (in Danish). Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
12. Christensen, Claus; Bruun, Nicki (17 March 2018). "Vinterbrødre vinder kritikernes Bodilpris". Filmmagasinet Ekko (in Danish). Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
13. "Vinterbrødre vinder Robert for årets danske film". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). 4 February 2018. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
14. "Winter Brothers conquers the 34th Robert Awards". Cineuropa – the best of european cinema. 5 February 2018. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

External links

• Winter Brothers at IMDb
• Winter Brothers in the Danish Film Database

• 2017 films
• 2017 drama films
• Best Danish Film Bodil Award winners
• Best Danish Film Robert Award winners
• Danish drama films
• 2010s Danish-language films
• Films directed by Hlynur Pálmason