Brother (2022 film)

Brother
Theatrical release poster
Directed byClement Virgo
Written byClement Virgo
Based onBrother by David Chariandy
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGuy Godfree
Edited byKye Meechan
Production
companies
Distributed byElevation Pictures, Vertical Entertainment, ShutterSTOCK Liner Entertainment
Release date
  • September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09) (TIFF)
Running time
120 minutes[1]
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Brother is a 2022 Canadian drama film, written, produced and directed by Clement Virgo.[2] An adaptation of David Chariandy's award-winning novel of the same name,[3] the film centres on the relationship between Francis and Michael, two Black Canadian brothers growing up in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario in the early 1990s.[4]

The film stars Aaron Pierre as Francis and Lamar Johnson as Michael, with supporting cast members including Kiana Madeira, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Lovell Adams-Gray, Maurice Dean Wint, and Dwain Murphy.

The novel's optioning for film was announced in 2018,[3] and the film went into production in fall 2021.[5] It is the second Canadian film in as many years, following Scarborough in 2021, to be set in the Galloway Road neighbourhood of Scarborough,[4] and Virgo's first theatrical feature film since 2007's Poor Boy's Game.

The film premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2022.[6] It was also screened as the closing film of the 2022 Calgary International Film Festival and as the opening film of the 2022 FIN Atlantic Film Festival.[7]

  1. ^ "Brother". Irish Film Classification Office. May 24, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  2. ^ Barry Hertz, "TIFF to host world premiere of Clement Virgo’s buzzy adaptation of Scarborough-set novel Brother". The Globe and Mail, July 6, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "David Chariandy's novel Brother optioned for film with Clement Virgo at the helm". CBC Books, September 7, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Radheyan Simonpillai, "Brother brings Scarborough to the world" Archived 2022-08-18 at the Wayback Machine. Now, August 17, 2022.
  5. ^ Liza Sardi, "Rising stars assemble for Brother". Playback, October 18, 2021.
  6. ^ "Clement Virgo’s ‘Brother’ to premiere at Toronto International Film Festival". Toronto Star, July 6, 2022.
  7. ^ Stephen Cooke, "FIN Atlantic International Film Festival ready for September return". SaltWire Network, August 24, 2022.

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