The Other Half (2007) ( L'autre moitié ) ( The Other 1/2 )

The Other Half (2007) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: L'autre moitié
Alternate Title: The Other 1/2
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

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

Product Origin/Format:
Switzerland ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
89 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Rolando Colla

Written By:
Rabah Bouberras
Rolando Colla

Actors:
Roberto Bestazzoni ..... Scherrer
Kader Boukhanef ..... Louis
Jaoued Deggouj ..... Brahim
Nade Dieu ..... Isabella
Martine Godart ..... Anita
Abel Jafri ..... Hamid
Abdelmalek Kadi ..... Youssef

Synopsis:

A belated reunion between two estranged brothers is marred by distrust and sibling rivalry in this family drama from director Rolando Colla. Hamid is a forty year-old Algerian man currently living in Brussels. He makes his living by working for an illegal underground network suspected of financing terrorism, and suspects that the authorities are monitoring his every move. One day, seemingly out of the blue, Hamid receives a telephone call from his brother Louis, whom he hasn't seen in over three decades. Despite the fact that he believes the authorities orchestrated the call, Hamid accepts his brother's request to join him in Switzerland so that the brothers may visit their ageing mother. Later, as Hamid and Louis return to Brussels, there is no question that the police are closing in. While Hamid remains steadfast in his determination to discover what role his brother played in the apparent sting operation, Louis probes to learn the reason why he and his brother have been separated for so long.

Hamid, a 40-year old Algerian who lives in Brussels, believes he is being tailed by the police. He works as a courier for an illegal network suspected of financing terrorist acts. When he receives a phone call from his brother Louis, who has grown up separately from him and whom he has not seen for 35 years, he suspects that the police are behind the call. Nevertheless, he travels to Switzerland to meet Louis in the hope of seeing his mother. She, however, is no longer alive. When Hamid finds this out, he wants to return to Brussels, but the two brothers run into a police checkpoint and Hamid is interrogated. The police want information on the network and about his work as a courier. He refuses, is locked up and it is only the next day that he is released on bail. He now knows that the police are in fact after him, but what he really wants to discover is what role Louis, who has paid his bail, really plays in the whole affair. Hamid is free, thanks to the bail, but he is not allowed to leave Switzerland, and is dependent on his brother. Louis not only wants to know the reason for Hamid's arrest, but also the reason for their separation, their father's identity and why the family broke apart. The confrontation between the two becomes a struggle for both closeness and distance, overshadowed by mistrust and rivalry. With different weapons, they also fight over Isa, Louis' girlfriend, who is finding it progressively harder to relate to Louis and feels attracted to Hamid. This difficult fight over several rounds is necessary in order for the two brothers to show their colors and open up so that they are able, at the very end, to meaningfully engage with one another. Although they have grown up in different cultures, they are in essence two halves of a single whole.

Hamid, a 40-year-old Algerian living in Brussels and working as a courier in an illegal banking system, receives a phone call from his brother whom he hasn't seen for over 30 years. Hamid suspects that his brother is a police man, nevertheless he joins him in Switzerland... Colla's film tells of the brothers' difficult approach in a time of distrust and paranoia.

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