Brothers. The Final Confession

Nov 27, 2014

2h 0m

★ 7.9

Overview

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...

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Pronto Film

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Cast

Spisovateľka

Natalka Polovynka

Mladý Stanislav

Roman Lutskyi

Starý Stanislav

Viktor Demertash

Yvha

Veronika Shostak

Demiyon

Орест Ягіш

Mladý Vojtko

Mykola Bereza

Starý Vojtko

Oleh Mosiichuk

Svätý Christofor

Yuri Denysenkov

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