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
  • Hawkeye Pictures
  • Conquering Lion Pictures
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.