My Brother Is Getting Married ( Mon frère se marie )

My Brother Is Getting Married (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Mon frère se marie
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Switzerland ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
91 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Jean-Stéphane Bron

Written By:
Jean-Stéphane Bron

Actors:
Jean-Luc Bideau ..... Michel
Aurore Clément ..... Claire
Cyril Troley ..... Jacques
Delphine Chuillot ..... Catherine, the daughter
Quoc Dung Nguyen ..... Liên
Stéphane Batut ..... Le chômeur du jeu de rôle
Sophie Jeannotat ..... La monitrice du cours de recherche d'emploi
Cédric Iseli ..... L'enseignant sourd
Matthieu Poirot-Delpech ..... Le fleuriste
Sylvie Beurrier ..... L'amie de Michel
Cosette Richard ..... La vendeuse de robes de mariée
Rachel Gordy ..... L'infirmière canadienne
Philippe Guinnard ..... Le patient au bras cassé
Sissi Mader ..... La grand-mère
Fernando Pinto ..... Le chauffeur de taxi

Synopsis:

The bittersweet story at the heart of this feature begins years prior to the film's outset, when two once-in-love Swiss parents decided to adopt a Vietnamese little boy, Vinh (Quoc Dung Nguyen), as a foster child for themselves and a foster sibling for their biological children. In time, issues split apart the husband and wife - and thus the family - and led to untold decades of estrangement. Now, the adult Vinh is getting married to a Swiss woman, and in attempt to reunite with his biological mom, he invites her to the celebration. She agrees, but because she has no knowledge of the schism in Vinh's adoptive family (and thanks in no small part to his own embarrassment of the situation), he asks them (father, mother, brothers, sisters, all) to feign harmony, happiness, mutual love and togetherness. Surprisingly, all agree, but before long, old conflicts and issues bubble beneath the surface, quelling up into a towering rage that threatens to bring the whole masquerade crashing down on the single most important day of Vinh's life.

Adopted by a well-off Swiss couple with slightly older son and daughter, Vinh never cut off links with his country of origin. Postcards from the adoptive family regularly conveyed to Vinh's mother in Vietnam reassurance about the warmth and nurturing environment that she always wished for her boy. Now grown up, Vinh is getting married; after so many years, the wedding is the ideal opportunity for his mother, accompanied by uncle Dac, to visit the adoptive family. Nothing would cause a greater consternation among its members. The parents underwent a less than amicable divorce, the father is bankrupt, the sister estranged, the elder brother brooding, the model family broken up. What can be done to prevent the unavoidable and profound disappointment of Vinh's mother and uncle Dac when they discover the fiasco?

Vinh, a Vietnamese refugee, was adopted 20 years earlier by a Swiss family and is now about to get married. His Vietnamese mother seizes this opportunity to finally meet the family that loved and raised her son, and to meet the people who write her postcards every Christmas telling her that the whole family is united and thinking of her. But things are not quite going the way these messages imply and the unexpected visit of Mrs Nguyen is going to cause some agitation to the family. They are now going to have to act out the forgotten roles of father, wife, brother and sister... to play the fragile comedy of happiness.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 06 October, 2010.