THY BROTHER'S KEEPER: The idea that blood is thicker than water is the adrenaline that fuels My Brother The Devil, an athletically gritty and loose-limbed film about two Egyptian brothers, Rashid (James Floyd) and Mo (Fady Elsayed), grappling with growing pains, drugs, gang violence and sexuality in the rough-and-tumble neighbourhood of Hackney, one of London's most ethnically-mixed and historically volatile neighborhoods. Headed on a collision course of conflicting desires, each young man is forced to face himself and confront the brother he thought he knew. It marks an engrossing debut from director Sally El Hosaini, and is as authentic, emotionally complex and powerfully acted as any film you'll see this year. Unsurprisingly, it has won multiple awards, including at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival and the Grand Jury Award at LA Outfest. [English. 111 minutes]. A-
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