Brothers. The Final Confession

Brothers. The Final Confession

2014 · 120 min · ★ 7.9 · Drama

The film is a psychological drama developing on the highlands of the Carpathian Mountains. Two helpless old men, brothers, desperately trying to keep up competition with each other in order to prolong their lives. Even though their bodies are decaying and both are sick the one still wants to outlive the other ... But one day a woman enters their remote dwelling...

Directed by Victoria Trofimenko · Written by Victoria Trofimenko

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