Clement Virgo's electrifying film Brother hits harder than I thought it might. He employs a powerful framing sequences, jumps us back and forth in his timeline, but throughout narrates such a lovely and complicated story of two brothers, their connection, and their disconnection, as well as their interrelation with others, their community, and their family.
Virgo saturates his film is bright colours, each frame like a painting with detailed brush strokes and emotional resonance. He takes us through his story layering piece onto piece so that we are impacted by the story beats in the most powerful way. He adapts Chariandy's novel into a gorgeous film with a language all its own.
Brother feels like the sort of film that we have seen before, that we know how it will play out and for me much of the power of the movie was how it upended my expectations and delivered something quite unexpected. The strong cast is simply magnetic to watch and lose themselves in their performances. Brother is remarkable.
Brother
Starring: Aaron Pierre, Lamar Johnson, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Kiana Madeira, Lovell Adams-Gray
Writer/Director: Clement Virgo
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