My Brother The Devil ( A bátyám árnyékában)
Virgil Films and Entertainment (2012)
Drama, Queer Themes/Interest, Thriller
In Collection
#742
7*
Seen ItYes
829567093924
IMDB   6.6
111 mins UK / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
James Floyd Rashid
Fady Elsayed Mo
Said Taghmaoui Sayyid
Director
Sally El Hosaini


Mo (Fady Elsayed) 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 (James Floyd) 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.
Edition Details
Original Title A bátyám árnyékában
Distributor Virgil Films and Entertainment
Release Date 2013
Screen Ratio Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
Audio Tracks Stereo [English]
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 11/25/2016
Location Personal Library
Owner Deitz
Purchase Price $6.59
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Notes
My Brother The Devil is a very fine film -- I'm likely to view it again -- I particularly appreciated the setting of a working class immigrant community in London -- There were only a few minor flaws -- For example, I found that Rashid's sexuality epiphany was much to quick with little in the plot to predict it -- the cast's performances were superb -- cinematography was excellent.